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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Pan Flute

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A simulation to learn about wave harmonics in a column of air by looking closely at the sound produced by a pan flute.
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Primary
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Erwin Schrodinger Nobel Lecture: Idea of Wave Mechanics

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from The Nobel Foundation you can download and read Erwin Schrodinger's Nobel Lecture entitled "The fundamental idea of wave mechanics" which is available in PDF format.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Wave Frequency and Amplitude

For Students 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore frequency and amplitude in terms of wave characteristics, and learn how the frequency and period of a wave are related.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Physics Ii: Electricity and Magnetism

For Teachers 9th - 10th
College-level physics course highlighting electricity and magnetism. This course is divided into several modules including electric fields, magnetic fields, electromagnetic forces, conductors and dielectrics, electromagnetic waves, and...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Don't You Fret! Standing Waves on a Guitar

For Students 9th - 10th
In this project, you will investigate the physics of standing waves on guitar strings. You will learn about the different modes (i.e., patterns) of vibration that can be produced on a string, and you will figure out how to produce the...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Wave Speed Calculations

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students investigate and analyze characteristics of waves, including velocity, and calculate the relationship between wave speed, frequency, and wavelength.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Wave Properties

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students investigate behaviors of waves, including interference, reflection, refraction, and diffraction.
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Website
Other

Institute of Physics: Practical Physics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Access hundreds of teacher-tested, practical physics lessons on this well-organized, illustrated site. Find just the right demonstration, attention-grabber, or lab for any physics teaching objective at your fingertips.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Transverse Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explore the characteristics and behaviors of energy transferred by transverse waves.
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Physics: Electricity and Magnetism

For Students 9th - 10th
College-level physics course highlighting electromagnetism. This course also includes a wide variety of other physics topics including lightning, electrocardiograms, metal detectors, and atom smashers, to name a few. Course includes a...
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Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics in 1907

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from The Nobel Foundation you can read about the scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1907, Albert A. Michelson (1852-1931 CE). Here, you can read a detailed biography which provides information on Michelson's...
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Unit Plan
University of New South Wales (Australia)

University of New South Wales: School of Physics: Physclips:the Nature of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
Physiclips thoroughly presents mechanics concepts about light with animations and film clips. Learn about light and color, wavelengths, speed of light, electromagnetic waves, Young's experiment, and photons.
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Unit Plan
University of New South Wales (Australia)

University of New South Wales: School of Physics: Physclips: Interference

For Students 9th - 10th
Physiclips thoroughly presents interference of waves with animations and film clips.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Physics Tutorial: Waves: The Wave Equation

For Students 9th - 10th
This physics tutorial attempts to explain the wave equation in a three-part example problem.
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Handout
Other

Byju's: Physics: Reflection of Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what happens to a wave when it hits a fixed end or a free end.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Waves: Traveling Waves vs. Standing Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
Students discover the difference between traveling and standing waves in this physics tutorial.
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Reflecting Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to help students visualize the progress of a wave down a string and the way the wave pulse reflects from different boundaries.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Test Prep: Mcat: Physical Processes: Sound Is a Longitudinal Wave

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the physics of how sound travels. Includes a video of a volcanic eruption that demonstrates the speed of sound waves.
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Interactive
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Waves and Sound: Standing Wave Patterns Interactive

For Students 9th - 10th
Students investigate the formation of standing waves, the vibrational patterns associated with the various harmonics, and the difference between transverse and longitudinal standing waves.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Characteristics of Waves

For Students 7th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers three types of mechanical waves - transverse, longitudinal, and surface - and their characteristics. Includes labeled illustrations and two video animations.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Mechanical Wave

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What a mechanical wave is and what it travels through, and different types of mechanical waves.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Waves: Categories of Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
This physics tutorial helps students categorize waves based on distinguishing, observable characteristics.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: Sound Is a Mechanical Wave

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive physics tutorial allows students to investigate the nature, properties and behaviors of sound waves and apply basic wave principles towards an understanding of music.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Radio Waves

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Radio waves and how they are used for AM and FM radio and television.

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