Those of you into surfing, music, rainbows, or even optometry will be totally stoked to learn about waves!
RESOURCES FOR THIS UNIT
Full teacher notes available by request via email to Michelle.Burgess@avonlakecityschools.org
from an official educational institution email address.
HELPFUL WEBSITES
- Wave animations with nice explanations
- PhET Wave on a String (A frequency of 25 with no damping and a fixed end gives an approximate standing wave.)
- PhET sound wave interference
- PhEt Wave Interference: a more complex version of the previous sim
- Really nice animation of a standing transverse wave (Be sure to pause in order to see the superposition of crest-crest or trough-trough at the reflection points.)
- Another nice page with standing transverse wave animations (This site also ties in these concepts to music.)
- Video of standing longitudinal wave:
- Animation of a longitudinal standing wave (Run the Java aplet near the top of the page and select longitudinal from the drop-down menu.)
- Really nice animation of harmonics on a violin string
- Terrific overview of standing waves of all types
- Another animation incorporating transverse and longitudinal standing waves…Note that it shows longitudinal waves as if there are nodes at both ends of a pipe. This would be similar to being in a long hallway with all the doors closed. Try to put your mouse on the particles that aren’t vibrating (nodes.)
- World’s best Doppler effect video by Blaine Greenhalgh:
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