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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: 2 Point Source Interference Patterns

For Students 9th - 10th
The interference of two sets of circular waves with the same frequency and the same amplitude results in a standing wave pattern. These standing wave patterns are known as two-point source interference patterns since they result from the...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Wave Interference Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the key terms and skills related to wave interference, including how to predict wave interference patterns.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Standing Waves Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Review key terms and skills related to standing waves including how to find standing wave harmonics.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Wave Optics

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the diffraction of light using the wave model and Huygen's principle.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom:characteristics of a Transmitted Pulse

For Students 9th - 10th
A reference page that explores boundary behavior of waves with an animation and examples.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Making Waves

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learn how to make waves! Using a motion sensor, students will recreate distance vs. time graphs given in the lab. Lab gives a detailed procedure as well as questions that can be saved online.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Doppler Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students investigate the changes to wavelength and frequency that occur when the source of the waves is in motion. This video describes the lab: https://youtu.be/eCceYPBR6f4
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Particles and Waves: The Central Mystery of Quantum Mechanics

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the most amazing facts in physics is that everything in the universe, from light to electrons to atoms, behaves like both a particle and a wave at the same time. But how did physicists arrive at this mind-boggling conclusion? Chad...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Physics of Playing Guitar

For Students 9th - 10th
Guitar masters like Jimi Hendrix are capable of bending the physics of waves to their wills, plucking melody from inspiration and vibration. But how do wood, metal, and plastic translate into rhythm, melody, and music? Oscar Fernando...
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Diffraction Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to allow students to look at the factors affecting the angle at which constructive interference occurs for waves passing through a two slit diffraction grating. This video helps explain the problem:...
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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Wet Dog Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the physics behind animals' ability to dry themselves by shaking to remove water.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Evolution of Physical Oceanography

For Students 9th - 10th
A college course featuring instructor's notes and textbook resources on the history of physical oceanography.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Marina

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the interference and diffraction patterns that result when a wave passes through one or two thin openings using this interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet and a video tutorial are also...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How Does Color Affect Heating by Absorption of Light?

For Students 9th - 10th
Light is an example of an electromagnetic wave. Electromagnetic waves can travel through the vacuum of interstellar space. They do not depend on an external medium-unlike a mechanical wave such as a sound wave which must travel through...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Diffraction

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students investigate diffraction of light and the interference patterns that are produced through constructive and destructive interference of the waves. Students...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Sound Waves

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of sound, what sound waves are, how they are generated and what media they can travel through.
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Learn AP Physics

Learn Ap Physics: Physics B: Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
A site dedicated to help students prepare for the AP Physics B test. This specific site reviews waves including traveling waves, standing waves, resonance, speed of electromagnetic waves, Doppler shift, Doppler effect, interference,...
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Physics Iii: Vibrations and Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a physics course focusing on vibration and waves taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The course overviews topics dealing with mechanical vibration and waves with twenty-three lectures....
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Wave Behavior

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the behavior of waves in the science of physics including reflection, refraction, diffraction, polarization, absorption, and interference.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Wave Physics Glossary and Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the glossary and terms of waves in the science of physics including frequency, amplitude, transverse, mechanical, longitudinal, and more.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Behavior of Light as a Wave

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the behavior of light as a wave in the science of physics including reflection, refraction, and diffraction.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Sound Wave Characteristics

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the characteristics of sound waves in the science of physics including mechanical, longitudinal, pressure, and intensity.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Types of Electromagnetic Waves

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the types of electromagnetic waves in the science of physics including microwaves, infrared, ultraviolet, radio, x-rays, and gamma rays.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Properties of Waves

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the properties waves in the science of physics including amplitude, wavelength, frequency, period, and speed.

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