Goal 1 - Wave Properties
Wave Properties Computer Lab Activity (These activities must be done before any labs are done)
Activity #1
Click on the website below. Play with the different ways to make waves. Use all the different tools and determine how they affect the wave. (damping, pulse width, amplitude, manual, oscillate, etc. Write a paragraph (minimum of 5 sentences) about the activity.
http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/wave-on-a-string/wave-on-a-string_en.html
Activity #2
Click on the website below. Describe the particle movement for each of the types of waves.
http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/schools/lesson1/flash/slinky.swf
Activity #3
Click on the website below. What types of waves are transverse?
http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/schools/lesson1/flash/trans.swf
Activity #4
Click on the website below. What types of waves are longitudinal?
http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/schools/lesson1/flash/long.swf
Activity #5
Click on the link below. Watch the clip. Write a paragraph (minimum of 5 sentences) about the clip.
http://w3.shorecrest.org/~Lisa_Peck/Physics/syllabus/soundlight/ch25waves/ch25_applets_videos/long_transv.
1. Copy into notebook: "Wave--rhythmic disturbance that carries energy but not matter"
Activity 6 Wave Properties.
- Click on the crests& troughs picture and draw this diagram in your notebook.
- Go to the frequency animation, and play around with it.
- Use what you see to write your own definition of frequency in your notebook, which can include diagrams.
- Go to the amplitude and wavelength animation, and play around with it.
- Use what you see to write your own definition of amplitude in your notebook, which can include diagrams.
- Use what you see to write your own definition of wavelength in your notebook, which can include diagrams.
Activity 7 Types of Waves
- There are 2 main types of waves: transverse, and compressional (a.k.a. longitudinal). Go to the wave motion page,
and watch the animations of compressional and transverse waves. Using a complete sentence, list one thing that is similar between compressional (a.k.a. longitudinal) and transverse waves.
- Using a complete sentence, list one difference between compressional (a.k.a. longitudinal) and transverse waves.
- Go to the red dot page, and use it to answer # 8 and #10. Notice that you can click between transverse and longitudinal.
- In your notebook, draw a ray above it right transverse wave and underneath it write direction of travel:
- Start the animation for the transverse wave. Carefully watch the red dot. To the diagram you already drew, add a short line with arrows on both sides that shows the movement of the red dot.
- Copy into notebook (include the picture): "Transverse wave--a wave where the particles move perpendicular to the
direction of the wave. Example: water waves "
Activity 8 - Wave movement
- In your notebook, draw a series of transverse waves:
- Start the animation for the longitudinal wave (you have to click the button to change it). Carefully watch the red dot. To the diagram you already drew, add a short line with arrows on both sides that shows the movement of the red dot.
- Copy into notebook draw a ray and above it write longitudinal wave and underneath it write direction of travel:
"Compressional wave--also known as a longitudinal wave--wave where the particles move parallel to the direction
of the wave. Example: sound waves "
Activity 9 - Earthquakes
- Go the the earthquake wave website, and play the animations.
- Answer in a complete sentence: What type of wave is a P-wave (transverse or compressional)?
- Answer in a complete sentence: What type of wave is an S-wave (transverse or compressional)?
Activity #1
Click on the website below. Play with the different ways to make waves. Use all the different tools and determine how they affect the wave. (damping, pulse width, amplitude, manual, oscillate, etc. Write a paragraph (minimum of 5 sentences) about the activity.
http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/wave-on-a-string/wave-on-a-string_en.html
Activity #2
Click on the website below. Describe the particle movement for each of the types of waves.
http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/schools/lesson1/flash/slinky.swf
Activity #3
Click on the website below. What types of waves are transverse?
http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/schools/lesson1/flash/trans.swf
Activity #4
Click on the website below. What types of waves are longitudinal?
http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/schools/lesson1/flash/long.swf
Activity #5
Click on the link below. Watch the clip. Write a paragraph (minimum of 5 sentences) about the clip.
http://w3.shorecrest.org/~Lisa_Peck/Physics/syllabus/soundlight/ch25waves/ch25_applets_videos/long_transv.
1. Copy into notebook: "Wave--rhythmic disturbance that carries energy but not matter"
Activity 6 Wave Properties.
- Click on the crests& troughs picture and draw this diagram in your notebook.
- Go to the frequency animation, and play around with it.
- Use what you see to write your own definition of frequency in your notebook, which can include diagrams.
- Go to the amplitude and wavelength animation, and play around with it.
- Use what you see to write your own definition of amplitude in your notebook, which can include diagrams.
- Use what you see to write your own definition of wavelength in your notebook, which can include diagrams.
Activity 7 Types of Waves
- There are 2 main types of waves: transverse, and compressional (a.k.a. longitudinal). Go to the wave motion page,
and watch the animations of compressional and transverse waves. Using a complete sentence, list one thing that is similar between compressional (a.k.a. longitudinal) and transverse waves.
- Using a complete sentence, list one difference between compressional (a.k.a. longitudinal) and transverse waves.
- Go to the red dot page, and use it to answer # 8 and #10. Notice that you can click between transverse and longitudinal.
- In your notebook, draw a ray above it right transverse wave and underneath it write direction of travel:
- Start the animation for the transverse wave. Carefully watch the red dot. To the diagram you already drew, add a short line with arrows on both sides that shows the movement of the red dot.
- Copy into notebook (include the picture): "Transverse wave--a wave where the particles move perpendicular to the
direction of the wave. Example: water waves "
Activity 8 - Wave movement
- In your notebook, draw a series of transverse waves:
- Start the animation for the longitudinal wave (you have to click the button to change it). Carefully watch the red dot. To the diagram you already drew, add a short line with arrows on both sides that shows the movement of the red dot.
- Copy into notebook draw a ray and above it write longitudinal wave and underneath it write direction of travel:
"Compressional wave--also known as a longitudinal wave--wave where the particles move parallel to the direction
of the wave. Example: sound waves "
Activity 9 - Earthquakes
- Go the the earthquake wave website, and play the animations.
- Answer in a complete sentence: What type of wave is a P-wave (transverse or compressional)?
- Answer in a complete sentence: What type of wave is an S-wave (transverse or compressional)?