Sound Wave
Light, Sound and Waves

Kitset of the main ideas in the topic Sound

Teaching Guidance for 11-14 IOP TAP

Sound kitset
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Sound Wave
Light, Sound and Waves Supporting Physics Teaching

Speed of travel

Clap your hands not too far from a big wall and you can hear both the original clap and, shortly afterwards, its echo. What is...

Physics Narrative 5-11 11-14

Sound Wave
Light, Sound and Waves Supporting Physics Teaching

A teaching story

You probably have a story like this one: It's a Saturday afternoon and Anita, a keen football fan, is revising for her exams...

Teaching Guidance 11-14

Sound Wave
Light, Sound and Waves

Hearing: a starting place

The range of sounds that humans are able to hear is impressively large, taking us from the loud roar of an aircraft as it...

Physics Narrative 11-14

Misconceptions
RESEARCH REVIEW Light, Sound and Waves

Students are familiar with the idea that different materials make different sounds, therefore when asked to explain why an object is making a sound some students will answer by stating a material property

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RESEARCH REVIEW Light, Sound and Waves

Many students confuse the effects of changing the amplitude and frequency of a sound wave on the pitch and volume of the sound

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RESEARCH REVIEW Light, Sound and Waves

Most students struggle to represent sound accurately

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