Explore how sound travels as a wave through this interactive science investigation.
Structure and features
- Examine diagrams and simulations to answer a series of questions about sound properties.
- Test the effects of changing wave properties: frequency, wavelength and amplitude.
- Transmit sounds in a range of mediums, air, water or steel.
- Examine definitions of wave properties and notice that sound travels faster in denser materials such as steel.
- Make a mind map to show how sound travels through air, steel and water.
Teacher notes
- Science understanding strand and science inquiry strand
- Physical science
- Year 9
- Sound.
Students learn sound energy transfers through different mediums can be explained using wave and particle models.
Students analyse patterns and trends in data, including describing relationships between variables and identifying inconsistencies.
