Here is the prompt for the lab report.
Write a two paragraph
conclusion for the lab. It should focus
on the plausibility of light being made of particles and show logical reasoning based on the results of our lab. You may want to start it with one of the sentences below.
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The results of this lab allow me to state that there is
evidence that light could be a particle, because…
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The results of this lab allow me to state that there is
evidence that light probably isn’t a particle, because…
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The results of this lab do not allow me to state that
there is evidence that light is a particle or isn’t a particle, because…
In order to have had more useful data, I would have needed
to …
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The second paragraph should propose a further test you could
perform on either particles or light to confirm or deny the possibility that
light is made of speeding “photon” particles.
It would be great if it was an experiment that you could actually
perform in the classroom, but it is probably more realistic that it is simply an experiment that people could perform assuming that they had better equipment
than we do.
This is not a research project. I don't expect a historical or established experiment. In class we listed a number of assumptions necessary to make a particle model for light workable. Some of these were assumptions about light. Some were assumptions about the necessary particles. Focus on one of these assumptions and imagine/invent a test that probes its validity.
In addition to the conclusion, please include a screen shot of your data table and graph.
