Waves Unit

Topic

Syllabus Ref.

Text Ref

Lesson / Activity

Assignment

Travelling Waves
Waves
4.1.1 - 4.1.4
Sect 11-7 & 11-8

(don't need velocity equ'n p327)

p332 fig 11-33

intro lesson
p343 #34,35,36

Vocabulary Sheet - Lesson Waves

Wave Characteristics
4.1.5 - 4.1.8
Wave Properties
Reflection, Refraction, & Transmission of Waves A

4.2.1

4.2.9-4.2.10

Sect 11-11
pendulum lab

fun with springs lab

Complete labs

Vocabulary Sheet - Lesson Fun with Springs

p334#50, 52, 55 56

Standing Waves
4.3.1 - 4.3.3
Sect 11-12
4.3.4
Sect 11-6
media centre resonance

resonance columns lab

Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster

4.3.5 - 4.3.6
Sect 12.5
p377 #28, 30, 33, 38 (need speed of sound equation)
Huygens' Principle
4.2.2
Sect 24-1
Lesson and Ripple Tank Demos

superposition simulation link

p345 #63

p752 general questions #1

p719

Reflection, Superposition, Interference
4.2.3
Sect 11-11
Diffraction
4.2.8

4.2.7

Sect 11-13

Sect 24-1

Refraction
4.2.4 - 4.2.6
Sect 24-2, 23-5
Wave Phenomenon
Two Source Interference of Waves
10.3.1 - 10.3.3
Sect 12-7, 24-3

waves simulations

p378 #48,50

Beats
10.2.1 -10.2.3
Sect 12.7
audio examples

dopler simulation link

beats simulation link

beats formula derivation

p378 #44,49

Doppler Effect
4.2.11

10.1.1 - 10.1.4

Sect 12-8, 12-9

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