Today at WISE, we started off by recapping the events from our prior
meeting.  After the rest of our group showed up, we played a "game".  We
were required to predict how far away we needed to stand so we could cover
a sign on the door with another object held at arm's length.  First, we
determined a proportion.  it was the [diameter of the object] over [arm's
length] equal to [diameter of the size of the sign] over the [distance
from the door].  We tested this proportion and found out that our
predictions were quite accurate.  After our game, we used a laser to see
how light traveled around an object.  We also used proportions to predict
how far away that would also be.  Another experiment was determining
how to move mirrors to get a laser beam to pass through two pinholes and
watched diffraction.  We all took turns helping each other figure it
out.  While Dr.Noe went to get some liquid nitrogen, Mr. Thompson helped
us learn about resonance and the different frequencies.  When Dr. Noe
returned, we used the liquid nitrogen to visualize the laser beams and
their paths again.



Kelli Greenberg(Mt.Sinai), 
Sam Butzke(Comsewogue), and 
Adrienne Matonti(Comsewogue)~~