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written by
Tom Henderson
designer: the Nerd Island Studios
This mobile-ready Slinky simulation offers a host of ways to explore vibrations and waves. It provides multiple tools for investigating how frequency, tension, and density affect the vibrational motion of particles and the speed of a transverse wave as it moves through a medium. Users can manually create a wave or select auto-generated continuous waves. You can choose an open-end or fixed-end and adjust the period of the wave.
This item is part of The Physics Classroom, a web-based set of tutorials, interactive models, problem sets, and teaching tools for high school physics students and teachers. Editor's Note: Given the robust array of tools available in this interactive model, it could be successfully introduced in both middle school and high school at almost any stage of a Waves unit.
Next Generation Science StandardsDisciplinary Core Ideas (K-12)
Wave Properties (PS4.A)
Crosscutting Concepts (K-12)
Patterns (K-12)
Structure and Function (K-12)
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices (K-12)
Developing and Using Models (K-12)
Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking (5-12)
AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)4. The Physical Setting
4F. Motion
11. Common Themes
11B. Models
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=13980">Henderson, Tom. The Physics Classroom: Slinky Lab. December 15, 2015.</a>
AIP Format
T. Henderson, (1996), WWW Document, (https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Interactives/Waves-and-Sound/Slinky-Lab/Slinky-Lab-Interactive).
AJP/PRST-PER
T. Henderson, The Physics Classroom: Slinky Lab (1996), <https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Interactives/Waves-and-Sound/Slinky-Lab/Slinky-Lab-Interactive>.
APA Format
Henderson, T. (2015, December 15). The Physics Classroom: Slinky Lab. Retrieved November 3, 2024, from https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Interactives/Waves-and-Sound/Slinky-Lab/Slinky-Lab-Interactive
Chicago Format
Henderson, Tom. The Physics Classroom: Slinky Lab. December 15, 2015. https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Interactives/Waves-and-Sound/Slinky-Lab/Slinky-Lab-Interactive (accessed 3 November 2024).
MLA Format
Henderson, Tom. The Physics Classroom: Slinky Lab. 1996. 15 Dec. 2015. Nerd Island Studios. 3 Nov. 2024 <https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Interactives/Waves-and-Sound/Slinky-Lab/Slinky-Lab-Interactive>.
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Title = {The Physics Classroom: Slinky Lab},
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Month = {December 15, 2015},
Year = {1996}
}
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