Waves String Studio

A wave has amplitude (height), wavelength (spacing), frequency and speed. Amplitude is independent of wavelength, while frequency and wavelength trade off when speed stays fixed: speed = frequency × wavelength.

PhysicsAges 11-13~8 min🎙️ Voice tutor
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What your child will figure out

  • Predict and observe that changing amplitude changes wave height without changing wavelength or speed.
  • Predict how increasing frequency shortens wavelength when wave speed is fixed.
  • Use speed = frequency × wavelength to calculate a missing wave quantity.
  • Transfer height-and-spacing reasoning to match a novel wave.

The levels

  1. Wave height

    Predict and test what changes when amplitude doubles.

  2. Wave spacing

    Predict and test how frequency changes wavelength at fixed speed.

  3. The wave rule

    Use speed = frequency × wavelength to predict wavelength.

  4. Mystery match

    Match a novel target wave using its height and spacing.

Ready when they are.

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