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Open School Bc: Sound and Light

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Sound and Light interactive investigates these two forms of energy. Students will enjoy exploring how sound and light are created, travel, and can be controlled.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Characteristics of Light: Light Travels in a Straight Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lab experience, the learners will be asked questions about characteristics of light and sound and whether these energy sources travel in straight lines. The teacher briefly demonstrates light and sound travel. Students will...
Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Why Do Scientists Think That Light and Sound Are Waves?

For Students 9th - 10th
Light travels as transverse waves and can travel through a vacuum. Sound travels as longitudinal waves and needs to travel through a solid, liquid or gas. Read about the properties of light and of sound, and learn the differences between...
Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Energy, Light and Sound: Sound

For Students 3rd - 7th
A video and a short quiz on how sound travels in waves, its properties, and how to measure it.
Handout
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...