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This interactive simulation allows users to analyze the properties of sound waves.  Frequency and amplitude can be controlled, and users can enable audio tones to explore how pitch is related to frequency.  Other options allow users to experiment with constructive and destructive interference by moving positions of speakers and listeners. Tools are also provided to measure wavelengths of various frequencies. Experimenting with interference from a wall and exploring sound in environments without air pressure are also possible.

This simulation is part of a large and growing collection developed by the Physics Educational Technology Project using research-based principles.

See the Related Materials below for a link to clicker questions and tutorials designed specifically for this simulation by the PhET team.

Please note that this resource requires Java.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Oscillations & Waves
- Acoustics
= Pitch
- Sound Reproduction
- Wave Motion
= Wave Properties of Sound
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Middle School
- Informal Education
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Interactive Simulation
- Audio/Visual
= Sound
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- Learners
- Educators
- application/java
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Keywords:
amplitude, frequency, harmonic content, interference, longitudinal waves, pitch, sound, sound waves, two source interference, wave, wave period, wave structure
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Metadata instance created October 22, 2006 by Gifford Weber
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February 9, 2018 by Caroline Hall
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, Version 2.05.03 (PhET, Boulder, 2005), WWW Document, (https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/sound).
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PhET Simulation: Sound, Version 2.05.03 (PhET, Boulder, 2005), <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/sound>.
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PhET Simulation: Sound. (2008, August 11). Retrieved March 28, 2024, from PhET: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/sound
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PhET. PhET Simulation: Sound. Boulder: PhET, August 11, 2008. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/sound (accessed 28 March 2024).
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PhET Simulation: Sound. Vers. 2.05.03. Boulder: PhET, 2005. 11 Aug. 2008. 28 Mar. 2024 <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/sound>.
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Is Supplemented By http://phet.colorado.edu/admin/get-contribution-file.php?contribution_file_id=752

A set of 22 concept (clicker) questions relating to the topic of longitudinal waves and the physics of sound.  This item, a PhET Gold Star winner, was developed specifically for use with the PhET Sound simulation.

relation by Caroline Hall
Is Supplemented By PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: EM Wave Analogy Tutorial

This introductory tutorial with related problem sets was designed specifically to be used with PhET Waves simulations.  It is a PhET Gold Star winner.

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Is Supplemented By PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Wave Unit

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relation by Caroline Hall
Is Supplemented By PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Wave Demonstrations: Water, Sound, Light

A set of inquiry-based classroom demonstrations for high school physics developed by the PhET team for use with the simulation "Sound".

relation by Caroline Hall
Is a Teaching Guide For Physics Classroom: The Speed of Sound

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