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    PHET Waves Intro

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    This document provides instructions for interacting with a simulation on wave properties. It asks the user to: 1) Adjust frequency and amplitude settings for water, sound, and light waves and observe how the waves and properties change. Increasing frequency increases the number of waves and decreases wavelength, while increasing amplitude increases wave height but not frequency or wavelength. 2) Complete a table summarizing how waves appear at different amplitude, frequency, and wavelength settings. 3) Describe how particles move energy in waves.

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    This document provides instructions for interacting with a simulation on wave properties. It asks the user to: 1) Adjust frequency and amplitude settings for water, sound, and light waves and observe how the waves and properties change. Increasing frequency increases the number of waves and decreases wavelength, while increasing amplitude increases wave height but not frequency or wavelength. 2) Complete a table summarizing how waves appear at different amplitude, frequency, and wavelength settings. 3) Describe how particles move energy in waves.

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    This document provides instructions for interacting with a simulation on wave properties. It asks the user to: 1) Adjust frequency and amplitude settings for water, sound, and light waves and observe how the waves and properties change. Increasing frequency increases the number of waves and decreases wavelength, while increasing amplitude increases wave height but not frequency or wavelength. 2) Complete a table summarizing how waves appear at different amplitude, frequency, and wavelength settings. 3) Describe how particles move energy in waves.

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    PHET Waves Intro

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    Monkey Juan
    This document provides instructions for interacting with a simulation on wave properties. It asks the user to: 1) Adjust frequency and amplitude settings for water, sound, and light waves and observe how the waves and properties change. Increasing frequency increases the number of waves and decreases wavelength, while increasing amplitude increases wave height but not frequency or wavelength. 2) Complete a table summarizing how waves appear at different amplitude, frequency, and wavelength settings. 3) Describe how particles move energy in waves.

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    Name__________________________________________

    PHET waves intro


    https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/waves-intro
    Click on the above link. Start simulation. Choose Water

    Click Side View, (bottom left) Choose the multi wave.


    Set Frequency and Amplitude in the middle. Click the Graph.

    Click on the green dot on the faucet and start the water flowing. Observe the waves. Compare what you see
    with the water to the waves on the graphs.

    1. Now increase the frequency. What happens with the number of waves?

    What happens to the distance between waves (wavelength)?

    2. Increase the amplitude. What happens with waves?

    3. Decrease the frequency, What happens with the number of waves?

    What happens to the distance between waves (wavelength)?

    4. Decrease the Amplitude, What happens with the waves?

    Now choose the Speaker (sound) the bottom. Set to side view and the multiple waves. Put Frequency
    and Amplitude in the middle (just like you did with the water) Choose Play Tone and Waves.

    5. You can have your sound on - but don’t have it extremely loud. Push the green button for sound.
    What do you notice about the waves?

    6. What do you notice about the speaker?

    7. Now increase the frequency. How does the speaker movement change?

    8. What happens with the pitch of the sound? _______________ the number of waves? __________

    What happens to the distance between waves (wavelength)? ____________________

    9. Now decrease the frequency. How does the speaker movement change?

    10. What happens with the pitch of the sound? _______________ the number of waves? __________

    What happens to the distance between waves (wavelength)?________________

    11. Increase the amplitude. How does the speaker movement change?

    12. Does the pitch change? __________ What happens to the volume? ______________

    13. Decrease the amplitude. How does the speaker movement change?

    14. Does the pitch change? __________ What happens to the volume? ______________

    Turn off the Tone. Click on BOTH (for particles and waves) Move the Frequency and Amplitude sliders
    side to side (high to low) Watch the particles, especially the red dots.
    15. Describe how the particles move wave energy.
    Now choose Light at the bottom. Set the Frequency and Amplitude sliders in the middle.

    16. What color is the light?

    17. Slide the frequency to the left (so a lower frequency). What happens to the color?

    What happens to the number of waves?

    What happens to the distance between the waves (wavelength)?

    18. Slide the frequency to the right (so a Higher frequency). What happens to the color?

    What happens to the number of waves?_____________

    What happens to the distance between the waves (wavelength)?_________________

    19. Choose one color (frequency). Increase the Amplitude

    Does the color (frequency) change?

    Does the Brightness change? How?

    20. Choose one color (frequency). Decrease the Amplitude

    Does the color (frequency) change?

    Does the Brightness change? How

    SUMMARY: Describe what you see (or hear) for each situation (the first column is filled in for you)

    High Low High Low Short Long


    Amplitude Amplitude Frequency Frequency Wavelength Wavelength

    Water Tall waves

    Sound Loud Sound

    Light Bright
    Light

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