Light, Sound and Waves

Demonstration: A circular pulse started at one focus will be reflected as a straight pulse from the nearest part of the...

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Demonstration: Students may have done some ray optics with light using parabolic reflectors such as those in the back of car...

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Demonstration: You can use a ripple tank to introduce ideas about the relationship between an ‘object’ and its mirror ‘image’...

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Demonstration: This experiment is best done after students have used a ripple tank to experiment with a pulse reflected by...

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Demonstration: Good questions will encourage close observations of circular pulses in a ripple tank.

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Demonstration: Observing what happens when straight wave pulses are produced in a ripple tank.

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Demonstration: Some ripple tank experiments previously done with wave pulses can be repeated with continuous waves, either...

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Demonstration: A stroboscope makes it easier to see patterns of wave behaviour with continuous ripples in a ripple tank...

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Demonstration: This experiment shows the overlap of infra-red radiation, visible light and ultraviolet radiation, all produced...

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Demonstration: The point of these questions is to stimulate curiosity and to demonstrate that waves have some interesting...

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Demonstration: Use this experiment when introducing transverse and longitudinal waves. Later it might also be used when...

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Demonstration: This sequence of demonstration experiments could be used as part of an introduction to waves, in which case...

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