Strand E: The Wave Nature of Light

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Curriculum expectations

E1 — analyse technologies that use the wave nature of light, and assess their impact on society and the environment
E2 — investigate, in qualitative and quantitative terms, the properties of waves and light, and solve related problems
E3 — demonstrate an understanding of the properties of waves and light in relation to diffraction, refraction, interference, and polarization

Lessons

Light in a drop of waterDescribing refraction, one of the behaviours of light (E3.2).

Brief

Strand E of the Grade 12 Physics course (SPH4U): The Wave Nature of Light. It has one lesson, on refraction and the rainbow. ¹

Sources

Ontario Ministry of Education, The Ontario Curriculum: Science

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islam.museum contributors. “Strand E: The Wave Nature of Light”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/course/ca-on-g12-sph4u-e/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-12.

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