CD's, DVD's & Optical Commmunication: Binary Coding and Diffraction Errors

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Title	CD's, DVD's & Optical Commmunication: Binary Coding and Diffraction Errors
Description	This in-class work (ICW) is used in a university non-math "How Things Work" course (replacing the lecture). It is designed to accompany section 15.2 in Bloomfield's text (3rd ed). It uses the "Wave Interference" simulation, but the first half of the activity covers binary numbers and information coding in Cd's/DVD's (adapted from the "Computer Science Unplugged" program at the University of Canterbury. New Zealand). Contact me for solutions. (Note, you may want to change page 2 where I ask students to determine my baby's due date and my birthday.... it was good motivation for them that day!)
Subject	Physics
Level	High School, Undergrad - Intro
Type	Lab, Other
Duration	90 minutes
Answers Included	No
Language	İngiliscə
Keywords	binary numbers, diffraction, optical communication
Simulation(s)	Wave Interference