Sound
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About
Topics
- Sound
- Waves
Description
This simulation lets you see sound waves. Adjust the frequency or volume and you can see and hear how the wave changes. Move the listener around and hear what she hears.
Sample Learning Goals
- Explain how different sounds are modeled, described, and produced.
- Design ways to determine the speed, frequency, period and wavelength of a sound wave model.
For Teachers
Teacher Tips
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Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking (PDF). |
Teacher-Submitted Activities
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| Wave unit (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
Lab Demo CQs |
5/27/15 |
| EM wave analogy tutorial |
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Noah Podolefksy | UG-Intro | Lab | 5/27/15 |
| Wave demonstrations: water, sound, light (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
Demo CQs |
5/27/15 |
| Wave clicker questions (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
CQs | 5/27/15 |
| Concept questions for Physics using PhET (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
CQs | 5/27/15 |
| Visualization and Visual Illusions SIM Homework |
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | UG-Intro | HW | 5/26/15 |
| Sound: An Introduction (Inquiry Based) |
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
CQs Lab |
7/7/13 |
| Sound_Inquiry for Middle School |
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PhET Middle School Team | HS MS |
CQs Lab |
8/2/11 |
| Sound and Wave Basics |
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Dr. Wendy Adams and the Acoustical Society | HS UG-Intro MS |
HW | 8/20/15 | |
| Inquiry Activity: Waves |
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Christina Zaccagnino | MS | Lab Guided |
6/12/15 | |
| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | 10/19/15 | |
| How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | 10/19/15 | |
| Sound Simulation Homework II |
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | HS UG-Intro |
HW | 1/8/11 | |
| Sound Simulation Homework |
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | HS UG-Intro |
HW | 1/8/11 | |
| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | MS HS |
Other | 10/19/15 | ||
| Sound Waves Lab | Amy Jordan | HS | Lab | 9/2/15 | ||
| Reflection and Interference of Waves | Paul Williams, Myra West | UG-Intro | Lab | 1/5/09 | ||
| Making use of the Sound Simulations | Don Cameron | HS | Lab | 9/18/07 | ||
| Sound Waves | Gretchen Swanson | HS | Lab | 9/18/07 | ||
| Waves and sound(in dutch golven en trillingen) | Corné de Boer | HS | Demo | 4/11/12 | ||
| Phet Simulering For waves - in Norwegian | Todd Nore | HS | HW Lab |
11/8/10 | ||
| pdr | simay | HS | Other | 5/13/13 |
Translations
Software Requirements
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Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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OS 10.5 or later Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later
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Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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Credits
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