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Assignments

This is a list of short assignments new contributors can choose from. This list is not yet complete. If you want something else to do just contact Mark on the admin list.

1. Sound Waves I
   • pitch, loudness, quality (tone)
   • physics of the ear and hearing
2. Doppler Effect
   • what it is
   • applications to sounds
   • modifications of pitch etc.
   • ultrasound (just explain how it works)
   • applications to light
   • redshift and expanding universe (just explain thats its measured and how its interpreted)
3. Geometrical Optics
   • rays
   • concave mirrors
   • convex mirrors
4. Transformers
   • step up and down
   • uses
5. The Electromagnetic Spectrum
   • light is a wave
   • relationship between colour and frequency
   • division of spectrum into regions - x-ray, visible, infra-red, etc.