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Waves, Light, and Sound

Virtual Lab Works

PhET simulations

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Waves on a string simulation

What direction does the wave move?

What direction do the particles move?

Do waves transport particles, or just energy?

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Water, sound, and light waves simulations

What is similar between light, sound, and waves on water?

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Wave interference simulation – let’s prove that light is a wave!

Is light a wave or a particle?

Does light have a mass?

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Prism

Which prism refracts more – made of glass, water, or air?

Which light gets refracted more – red or purple?

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Colour vision

There are two ways to make a person see yellow colour:

  1. Shine yellow light in their eyes
  2. Shine a mixture of red and green light in their eyes

This is my favourite simulation so far, because it is clear and straight forward.

And which of the five simulations was your favourite?

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Let’s play with color mixing

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Tone Generator

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Hope you liked this teaching resource!