This workshop can be logged as Elective Professional Development.

N.B. This workshop is created utilising the HSC Physics syllabus dot points. It is practical in nature, and requires the use of a laptop. Please bring a laptop with Microsoft Excel for data collection and analysis, and wear covered in shoes. There is no repeated content from the previous on-line workshop .

This workshop begins with teachers collecting first hand data on light intensity through polarised filters to examine the relationship between the angle of the analyser and the relative light intensity. Building upon looking at light as a wave, teachers then carry out Young's Double Slit Experiment to calculate the wavelength of light from the Laser.

Teachers then explore light as a particle, carrying out multiple experiments on the photoelectric effect and analysing the data collected. to ultimately find Planck's Constant. In addition to the photoelectric effect teachers also calculate the speed of light using Microwaves.

The final phase of the workshop see's teachers explore the fundamental nature of radiation, constructing a working Cloud Chamber as well as examining the various discharge tubes that probe the nature of Cathode Rays.