In week 6 we started to produce material for our poster. The aim is to collect information about fiber optics collaboratively. The topics for different teams are presented in Wiki-page: Optical fibers.

Using the collaborative inquiry technique, produce a first draft of your wiki page. Next week we study the pages more carefully and continue processing them.Use progressive inquiry method to find out more information:

Transparency (Thai)

Decibel (Binh)

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depending variables (Phat)

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Background

What questions did the video/demo/simulation, etc. arise?

What questions did you pick up for further investigation?

Initial questions

• How does it work …., what happens here, why ...?

Selected problem

What questions did you select to work in more details?

My explanation (original hypothesis)

What is your own explanation for your questions?

Critical evaluation

What strengths and weaknesses does your explanation have?

What I need to find out more?

How could I improve my explanation?

What do you not understand or know yet about this topic?

Finding more information

First you can list all the references to the additional material you find out in order to use them later.

Then try to understand what does it say about the problem.

Use your own language to explain the things. Don’t copy and paste text.

Use graphs and equations to illustrate

Additional questions

What new questions arised based on the new information?

• How, what, why?

My new theories

Now I believe that …

You can continue the loop critical evaluation, finding more information, new questions, etc… in the given time limit.

Summary

In your own words, explain what have you done and what have you found. Evaluate critically how good your theory is. Compare to the information you find from the internet.