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Course, Subject

Earth Science, Physics, Math, Science & Technology, Science (NYS P-12)

Description

This simulation will allow students to make waves with a dripping faucet, audio speaker, or laser! Add a second source or a pair of slits to create an interference pattern.

Using the simulation, students will:

• Find points of constructive and destructive interference by eye, and by using the detectors
• Predict wave patterns created by using slits.
• Predict the pattern of a reflected wave
• Relate two dimensional representations of waves to three dimensional waves
• Explain wave patterns from interfering waves using different sources and spacing
• Recognize the Doppler effect and predict the change in frequency that occurs
• In the light panel, predict the locations of the fringes that appear on the screen using d sin(?) = m?. Use the tape measure to verify your predictions.

Website(s)

PhET Interactive Simulations

Simulation

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• Wave Interference

Requirements

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Content Provider

Physics Education Technology
The Physics Education Technology (PhET) project at the University of Colorado produces fun, interactive simulations of physical phenomena that make bridges to the real world.

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• Microwaves
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Related Academic Standards

New York State

S.HS.PS.4.4 Students who demonstrate understanding can evaluate the validity and reliability of claims in published materials of the effects that different frequencies of electromagnetic radiation have when absorbed by matter.

S.HS.PS.4.6 Use mathematical models to determine relationships among the size and location of images, size and location of objects, and focal lengths of lenses and mirrors.

MST4.C.P.4.3 Students explain variations in wavelength and frequency in terms of the source of the vibrations that produce them, e.g. molecules, electrons, and nuclear particles.