This website is designed to teach you the basics of sound waves. You will learn how sound waves are created and how they travel. You will also learn how sound waves can be described in terms of their speed, intensity, and frequency.
Indiana content and literacy standards addressed in this lesson:
Describe how vibrating objects can generate transverse and/or longitudinal waves so that energy is transmitted without the transfer of energy. Distinguish longitudinal waves from transverse waves.
Describe and analyze propagating waves in terms of their fundamental characteristics such as wave speed, wavelength, frequency or period, and amplitude.
Synthesize information from a variety of sources (e.g. texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept, resolving conflicting information when possible.
Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific context.
Analyze how the text structures information or ideas into categories or hierarchies, demonstrating understanding of the information or ideas.
Helpful hints:
As you review the information on this site, you will come across key terms in blue. These key terms are linked to the Vocabulary page, which includes all of their definitions. As you review the website, you will be taking notes, answering questions, and completing a virtual lab in your Physics booklet. Feel free to find me at Merit or message me if you have questions.