Seeing with sound: sound lab tour

TLF ID L1302

Explore how sound travels as a wave. Examine diagrams and simulations to answer a series of questions about sound properties. For example, identify the effects of compression waves on the vibration speed of particles. 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. This learning object is one in a series of five objects. The series is also packaged as a combined learning object.





Educational details

Educational value
  • Introduces sound as waves of energy caused by objects vibrating and causing particles to vibrate.
  • Students explore the basic properties of sound waves.
  • Students are guided by a series of short questions to view diagrams and simulate sound wave variations in a range of mediums.
  • Students recognise that sound travels faster in denser mediums.
Year level

8; 9

Learning area
  • Science

Other details

Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Synergy International Ltd
  • Organization: Synergy International Ltd
  • Description: Technical implementer
  • Address: NEW ZEALAND
  • URL: http://www.synergy.co.nz/
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Person: Erica Dale
  • Description: Script writer
  • Person: Colin Web
  • Description: Subject matter expert
  • Publisher
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organization: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
Access profile
  • Colour independence
  • Device independence
  • Hearing independence
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © Education Services Australia Ltd, 2016, except where indicated under Acknowledgements. Unless otherwise indicated, this material may be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.