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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Reflection
Light, Sound and Waves IOP RESOURCES

Home experiments and simulations to support remo...

A selection of home experiments and online simulations that are suitable to use with your students aged 14-16 (KS3) whilst...

Remote teaching support 14-16

Sound Wave
Light, Sound and Waves IOP RESOURCES

Performing twice at the Royal Albert Hall

When the Royal Albert Hall was opened by the Prince of Wales in 1871, his address was difficult to hear due to an echo which...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Sound Wave
Light, Sound and Waves IOP RESOURCES

Boombox lung

High amplitude sounds can cause pneumothorax, a build-up of air in the pleural space that leads to the detachment of a lung...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Misconceptions
RESEARCH REVIEW Light, Sound and Waves

Many students, even some that understand that sound is the result of vibrations, struggle to explain the effect of covering an object which is making sound

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RESEARCH REVIEW Light, Sound and Waves

Many students will not understand that sound can be absorbed by materials and few will explain sound absorption via vibrations (this could extend to other types of wave also)

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RESEARCH REVIEW Light, Sound and Waves

Students often misinterpret the phrase 'sound goes'

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