PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Waves on a String Discovery Activity

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written by the The PhET Project and Lori Anderson

This is an inquiry-based activity developed for use with the Physics Education Technology "Wave on a String" simulation. Students conduct an experiment to determine the relationships between: 1) frequency and wavelength, 2) frequency and wave speed, 3) tension and wave speed, and 4) amplitude and wave speed. Appropriate for 9th grade physical science or algebra-based high school physics.

Note: The "Wave On A String" simulation must be open in a browser as students perform this activity. See Related Materials for a link to the simulation.

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/2948

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Oscillations & Waves - Wave Motion = Longitudinal Pulses and Waves = Reflection and Refraction (Sound) = Transverse Pulses and Waves	- High School	- Instructional Material = Activity = Problem/Problem Set - Assessment Material

Appropriate Courses	Categories	Ratings
- Physics First - Conceptual Physics - Algebra-based Physics - AP Physics	- Activity - Assessment - New teachers	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2006 The PhET Project
Keywords:: PHET, Phet, amplitude, assessment, frequency, homework problems, longitudinal waves, transverse waves, wave reflection, waves
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created March 17, 2009 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: August 18, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: September 30, 2007

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This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.

Topic: Wave Energy
Unit Title: Wave Properties: Frequency, Amplitude, Period, Phase

Students explore relationships among frequency, amplitude, and wave speed in this inquiry-based activity developed to be used with the PhET simulation Wave on a String (see above). It is appropriate for 9th grade physical science or algebra-based introductory physics. NOTE: This resource is available only to registered users of PhET, but registration is free and easy.

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