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This is an experiment relating to wave motion appropriate for middle school physical science or high school physics.  Slinky springs can be easily manipulated to produce both transverse or longitudinal waves, allowing users to compare and contrast them.  This experiment explains how to create pulses and continuous waves using both
Slinkies and rubber tubing, which produce pulses of different shape.  The experiment can be very simple or may be adapted for use in more advanced classes.

SEE RELATED ITEMS on this page for a companion experiment using dynamics trolleys to model a dispersive system, as opposed to the continuous system represented by a Slinky.

This item is part of a much larger collection of physics/astronomy experiments, sponsored by the UK's Institute of Physics and funded by the Nuffield Curriculum Centre.
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General Physics
- Curriculum
Oscillations & Waves
- Wave Motion
= Longitudinal Pulses and Waves
= Transverse Pulses and Waves
- High School
- Middle School
- Instructional Material
= Activity
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= Laboratory
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Slinky, activities, experiment, hands-on, longitudinal waves, mechanical waves, practical physics, transverse waves, wave types, waves
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Metadata instance created March 5, 2009 by Caroline Hall
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August 16, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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Nuffield Curriculum Centre, (2006), WWW Document, (https://spark.iop.org/collections/variety-waves#pulses-and-continuous-waves-slinky-spring).
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Nuffield Curriculum Centre, Practical Physics: Pulses and continuous waves with a Slinky spring (2006), <https://spark.iop.org/collections/variety-waves#pulses-and-continuous-waves-slinky-spring>.
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Nuffield Curriculum Centre. (2007, October 27). Practical Physics: Pulses and continuous waves with a Slinky spring. Retrieved December 4, 2024, from https://spark.iop.org/collections/variety-waves#pulses-and-continuous-waves-slinky-spring
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Nuffield Curriculum Centre. Practical Physics: Pulses and continuous waves with a Slinky spring. October 27, 2007. https://spark.iop.org/collections/variety-waves#pulses-and-continuous-waves-slinky-spring (accessed 4 December 2024).
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Nuffield Curriculum Centre. Practical Physics: Pulses and continuous waves with a Slinky spring. 2006. 27 Oct. 2007. Nuffield Curriculum Centre. 4 Dec. 2024 <https://spark.iop.org/collections/variety-waves#pulses-and-continuous-waves-slinky-spring>.
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