Tag Archives: Waves

Amazing Resonance Experiment

Posted on June 11, 2014 by VCE Physics
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PhET – Sound

Posted on August 4, 2012 by VCE Physics

Click to Run 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. http://phet.colorado.edu/

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Diffraction of light by a single slit simulation

Posted on August 2, 2012 by VCE Physics

One of the many great learning objects from Walter Fendt (http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph6en/index.html)

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Interference of light at a double slit simulation

Posted on August 2, 2012 by VCE Physics

One of the many great learning objects from Walter Fendt (http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph6en/index.html)

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PhET – Fourier: making waves

Posted on July 27, 2012 by VCE Physics

Click to Run Learn how to make waves of all different shapes by adding up sines or cosines. Make waves in space and time and measure their wavelengths and periods. See how changing the amplitudes of different harmonics changes the … Continue reading →

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Interference of two circular or spherical waves simulation

Posted on July 2, 2012 by VCE Physics

One of the many great learning objects from Walter Fendt (http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/index.html).

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Standing longitudinal waves simulation

Posted on July 2, 2012 by VCE Physics

One of the many great learning objects from Walter Fendt: (http://www.walter-fendt.de/html5/phen/index.html)

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Standing wave simulation

Posted on July 2, 2012 by VCE Physics

One of the many great learning objects from Walter Fendt (http://www.walter-fendt.de/html5/phen/index.html)

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Light as a wave podcast

Posted on October 3, 2011 by VCE Physics

Huygen’s wave theory, Newton’s corpuscular theory, Young’s double slit experiment, Double slit interference, Diffraction, Single slit interference, The electromagnetic nature of light, The electromagnetic spectrum, Light as electromagnetic radiation Download the notes. Download the video. Links: Huygen’s Principle Double slit … Continue reading →

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The decibel scale podcast

Posted on August 22, 2011 by VCE Physics

Sound intensity, Sound level: The decibel scale, Sound level calculations, Some decibel measurements, Change in intensity, Human hearing, The Phon scale Download the notes. Download the video. Links: Hearing test on-line: sensitivity, equal loudness contours and audiometry

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