Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Frequency, Wavelength, and Pitch
To provide an overview of the relationship between frequency, wavelength, and pitch
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Physics of Hearing: Speed of Sound, Frequency, and Wavelength
By the end of this section, you will be able to define pitch; describe the relationship between the speed of sound, its frequency, and its wavelength; describe the effects on the speed of sound as it travels through various media; and...
NASA
Rxte Learning Center: Frequency, Wave Length, and Energy Activity
Resource focuses on the relationship between the frequency, wavelength and speed of light. Has a link to an interactive activity relating frequency, wavelength, and energy.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Wavelength Lab
This lab is designed to have students investigate the relationship between the speed of a wave, the frequency of the wave and the wavelength of the wave. Students can vary wave speed and frequency. Each of these should be varied while...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Wavelength and Energy
Students will calculate energy, frequency, or wavelength. After calculating, students graph their data and answer analysis questions.
NASA
Nasa: Imagine the Universe: What's the Frequency, Roy G. Biv
In this very detailed lesson plan from NASA, students investigate wavelength and frequency within the electromagnetic spectrum.
California State University
Electronic Homework: Wavelength, Frequency and Energy
Users solve computational problems concerning the wavelength, frequency, and energy relationships. Fill in the missing values and submit your answers to be corrected.
Florida State University
Florida State University: Basic Electromagnetic Wave Properties
This Florida State University page includes an interactive java tutorial that explores the relationship between frequency, wavelength, and energy, and enables the visitor to adjust the intensity of the radiation and to set the wave into...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Wavelength of Light
Describes the characteristics of light, presents two formulas for calculating its wavelength, and provides a table of the different wavelength ranges across the electromagnetic spectrum.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Calculating Frequency and Wavelength From Displacement Graphs
Practice using a displacement graph and wave speed to find the frequency and wavelength of a wave.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Guitar Fundamentals: Wavelength, Frequency, & Speed
This is a rockin' project for guitarists with an interest in the physics behind music. If you have ever wondered why the pitch of the note changes when you fret the string, this project will help you understand by applying basic...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Light
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following tutorial students will describe the relationships between speed, wavelength, and frequency of light. They will understand the photoelectric effect...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Formation of Standing Waves
How are standing wave formations formed? Why are they only formed when the medium is vibrated at specific frequencies? What makes these so-called frequencies so special and magical? These questions are answered in this exploration of...
Space Telescope Science Institute
Amazing Space: Star Light, Star Bright
This online exploration provides an opportunity to identify the different properties of waves and the relationship that exists between energy, wavelength, and frequency. Correlate images from the Hubble Telescope to the wavelength,...
American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Blackbody Radiation: Frequency
Simulation of the blackbody radiation curves of Planck demonstrating the effect of changing the frequency or the wavelength.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: How Loud, How High?
What are ways to describe sound? Using the program downloaded called Sound Grapher and the microphone on the computer, students can investigate the frequency, wavelength, amplitude, and velocity of sound waves. Activity includes detailed...
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Traveling Wave Relationship
Online physics text that illustrates and explains the various characteristics of waves such as amplitude, period, frequency, wavelength, and speed. Includes interactive exercises.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Color Spectrum Chart With Frequencies and Wavelengths
Read about the visible light spectrum and learn the frequencies and wavelengths for each of the primary and secondary colors.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: The Wave Equation
A thorough explanation of the wave equation (Speed = Wavelength * Frequency). A data table and questions to check one's understanding are also part of this lesson.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Forced Vibration
This physics tutorial explores forced vibration. Includes links to natural frequency, standing wave patterns and fundamental frequency and harmonics.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Calculating the Speed of Sound
In this physical science lab, students will calculate the speed of sound. They will observe that the speed of sound is constant, regardless of wavelength or frequency, and see the inverse relationship between wavelength and frequency.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Wave Equation
This program asks students to determine the variables in a wave equation. Students must determine wavelength, frequency, and amplitude.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Doppler Effect
This hypertext physics course page illustrates and explains the Doppler effect. Users perform practice calculations for frequency shifts using the Doppler equation.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: General Properties of Waves
Light travels as waves. Waves can be described by their amplitude, wavelength and frequency. The speed of a wave can be calculated from its frequency and wavelength.