This Unit gives students the opportunity to investigate sound waves and the pressure waves that are responsible for the generation of sound. Students will investigate how vibrations in matter are the result of standing waves, how vibrations in one object can cause vibrations in another object and how these vibrations are longitudinal pressure waves. Students will determine the speed of sound in air and investigate the inverse relationship between wavelength and frequency. Students will also model the speed of sound in a liquid and a solid.
Conceptual Themes addressed in this Unit:
- Properties of Matter
- Cycles