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Sound
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.
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Teaching Resources
Main Topics
- Sound
- Waves
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.
Tips for Teachers
The teacher's guide (pdf) contains tips created by the PhET team.
Teaching Ideas
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Sound_Inquiry for Middle School
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PhET Middle School Team | MS HS |
Lab CQs |
8/2/11 |
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Concept questions for Physics using PhET (Inquiry Based)
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
CQs | 7/7/13 |
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Visualization and Visual Illusions SIM Homework
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | UG-Intro | HW | 1/9/11 |
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Wave unit (Inquiry Based)
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro |
Lab CQs Demo |
7/9/13 |
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Wave clicker questions (Inquiry Based)
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
CQs | 7/9/13 |
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Wave demonstrations: water, sound, light (Inquiry Based)
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
Demo CQs |
7/7/13 |
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EM wave analogy tutorial
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Noah Podolefksy | UG-Intro | Lab | 6/21/08 |
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Sound: An Introduction (Inquiry Based)
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Trish Loeblein | UG-Intro HS |
CQs Lab |
7/7/13 |
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Sound Simulation Homework II
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | HS UG-Intro |
HW | 1/8/11 |
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Sound Simulation Homework
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Kathy Perkins, Carl Wieman | UG-Intro HS |
HW | 1/8/11 |
| Sound Waves | Gretchen Swanson | HS | Lab | 9/18/07 |
| Making use of the Sound Simulations | Don Cameron | HS | Lab | 9/18/07 |
| Reflection and Interference of Waves | Paul Williams, Myra West | UG-Intro | Lab | 1/5/09 |
| Sound Waves Lab | Amy Jordan | 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 | Lab HW |
11/8/10 |
| pdr | simay | HS | Other | 5/13/13 |
You can submit your own ideas and activities.
Translated Versions:
Software Requirements
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Microsoft Windows
XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
OS 10.5 or later
Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later |
Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
Credits
| Design Team | Third-party Libraries | Thanks To |
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