PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Wave on a String--The Basics

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written by the The PhET Project and Chris Cochran

This is a printable student guide/worksheet created for middle school level to accompany the PhET simulation Wave on a String. Students will explore how frequency, amplitude, wave speed, and string tension are related.

SEE RELATED MATERIALS for a link to the "Wave On a String" simulation.

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/activities/3045

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

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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 19, 2009 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: February 22, 2025 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: February 8, 2008
Other Collections:: The Physics Front

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