Enter Miss Bupp's class as she teaches a unit on waves. This extensive unit includes lesson plans, videos, assessments, and hands-on activities to make learning about waves and their characteristics fun and engaging.

Students explore the characteristics of both transverse and longitudinal waves.

Students explore intensity of sound waves and the decibel scale in this interactive physics tutorial.

With videos, illustrated diagrams, and informational text, students learn about sound waves as forced vibrations.

Explains the horizontal forms of trigonometric graphs by showing how they relate to the circular graphs.

In Physics, a motion that is regular and repeating is referred to as a periodic motion. Most objects that vibrate do so in a regular and repeated fashion; their vibrations are periodic. Learn more here about periodic motion and take the...

This is a glossary of terms and definitions used in Chapter 16: Oscillatory Motion and Waves from the AP Physics online text.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the intensity of sound and how it relates to loudness, the decibel levels of different sounds, and factors that affect sound intensity.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Relating period and frequency for a sine or cosine graph with examples, practice problems, and vocabulary.

A short tutorial providing general information about waves, their categories, properties and behaviors. Includes several animations and some practice questions with answers.

Condensed and less technical document by the Environmental Protection Agency covering noise pollution in the United States.

Informational site on sound provides waveform illustrations of sound pitch. Provides additional information on ultrasounds, waves, reflection and much more.

This article discusses the properties of electromagnetic radiation and photons.

Create standing waves in a virtual rope, or watch air molecules as they vibrate in a virtual tube in this interactive standing wave simulator.

An introduction to solving trigonometric equations by using the reciprocal, negative, Pythagorean, and cofunction identities. Includes several examples and exercises with solutions at the bottom of the page.

A series of thought-provoking, multichoice questions from the University of Maryland on the topic of oscillations and waves. Equations for calculating the period of motion for masses on springs, pendulums, sounds, and waves on a string...

Acting as part of an overview on quantum theory, this section of the site answers the question, what is a wave? In addition to a definition, several examples and formulas are provided.

A series of pages written by a sound system design group; the pages provide excellent background information about acoustical topics related to the design and analysis of both sound systems and rooms. Contains a lot of good physics in an...

Resource provides five easy-to-follow lessons that you can do with your class to teach the science of sound.

The periodic motion of a pendulum is described with words and equations; little conceptual emphasis. Sample problems with solutions are provided.

Defines sound, how it travels, the components of a sound wave, the different types, and other fun facts.

Given the graph of a sinusoidal function, determine its midline equation. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.