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Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Physics Waves Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 10th
Shoot for the moon in this vocabulary game over physics waves.
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Standing Waves in a Pipe Model

For Students 9th - 10th
A simulation that permits exploration of a standing wave inside a pipe that can be open or closed at either end. The user can adjust the number of wave nodes.
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Wave Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Two wave graphs depicting a sine wave and relating the various characteristics (wavelength, amplitude, frequency, and period) of a wave to each other. The site includes an interactive JavaScript form in which the visitor enters one...
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University of New South Wales (Australia)

University of New South Wales: School of Physics: Physclips:travelling Waves Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Physiclips thoroughly investigates traveling wave with animations and film clips. Understand the wave equation, power in a wave, and radiation and intensity.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1929

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Nobel Foundation tells the scientific work which earned Louis de Broglie the Nobel Prize in Physics. Here, you can read the Presentation Speech in which Professor C.W. Oseen praises Louis de Broglie's work and de...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Physics Exam Prep: Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore traveling waves and wave propagation. The resource links to courses with videos, online textbook materials, simulations, and practice problems.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: The Nature of a Wave

For Students 9th - 10th
A very good introduction to the world of waves. Waves and wavelike motion, what is a wave, and categories of waves are the topics examined in this site. Many links to other wave sites.
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University of New South Wales (Australia)

University of New South Wales: School of Physics: Physclips: Travelling Waves I

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module exploring travelling waves. Learn about reflections, wave travelling equations, waves on a string, and travelling sine waves with animations and videos.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Violin

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about wave harmonics on a string by looking closely at the sound produced by a violin. Test string tension with harmonic number on violin strings in a simulated practice. Understand sound waves...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Stadium Wave

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A simulation that uses the classic sports stadium "wave" to learn about concepts important to wave motion and interference.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Formation of Standing Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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University of New South Wales (Australia)

University of New South Wales: School of Physics: Physiclips

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Concepts of waves and sound are thoroughly presented in animation and film clips.
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Constructive and Destructive Wave Interference

For Students 9th - 10th
A physics course web page that features a Java applet in which visitors can observe the waveform resulting from the interference of two waves. The amplitude and wavelength of the interfering waves can be altered and the outcome observed.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Light Wave

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Are there colors we don't see? This simulation addresses that question by exploring light as an electromagnetic wave. Learn how the electromagnetic wave relates its wavelength and frequency to the...
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University of New South Wales (Australia)

University of New South Wales: School of Physics: Physclips: Sound

For Students 9th - 10th
Physiclips thoroughly presents the concept of sound with animations and film clips. Learn about the properties of sound and the physics behind sound waves with this site.
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: More About Visualizing Electromagnetic Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the nature of an electromagnetic wave. Explains the oscillating electric field and represents it through clever graphics and animations.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Stow Lake

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the patterns of wave interference in water in this simulation.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Oscillatory Motion and Waves: Energy in Waves: Intensity

For Students 11th - 12th
y the end of this section, you will be able to calculate the intensity and the power of rays of sunlight and waves.
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University of New South Wales (Australia)

University of New South Wales: School of Physics: Physclips: Oscillations

For Students 9th - 10th
Physiclips thoroughly presents wave and sound concepts about oscillations with animations and film clips.
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Yale University

Open Yale Courses: Fundamentals of Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
Intended for students with a strong math and science background, a course introducing physics concepts of Newtonian mechanics, special relativity, gravitation, thermodynamics, and waves. Twenty-four class sessions in video format are...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Electromagnetic Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text, interactive activities, practice problems, and virtual simulations, students explore the properties of electromagnetic waves.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text, interactive activities, and practice problems, students learn about the properties of waves, and how they transfer energy.
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PBS

Pbs: Physics Girl

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the physical world with this series that uses everyday experiments to demonstrate scientific ideas on this site.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Light Waves and Color

For Students 9th - 10th
The behavior of light waves is introduced and discussed. Also, polarization, color, diffraction, and interference are introduced and discussed thoroughly as supporting evidence of the wave nature of light.

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