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 Monday, April 9

 

• Introduction to simple harmonic motion

• Pendulum period dependency. Investigation of amplitude, mass, and length

• Spring period dependency. Investigation of ampitude, mass, and spring constant

• Quantify spring and pendulum motion. Analyze 1 second pendulum and washboarded roads

 

Tuesday, April 10

 

• Slinky demonstration for transverse and longitudinal waves

• Transverse wave parts: wavelength, period, frequency, amplitude, trough, crest, energy addition direction

• Longitudinal wave parts: wavelength, period, frequency, amplitude, rarefaction, compression, energy addition direction

• Wave velocity dependency on material density: water wave and sound wave speeds

• Calculate wavelength for AM and FM stations 

 

Wednesday, April 11

 

• Intro. to speed of sound lab

• Some othear wave demonstrations

• Demonstration of the doppler effect

 

Thursday, April 12

 

• P. 453; 22-23, 30-33 due

• Go over problems together

 

Friday, April 13

 

• P. 453; 36-41 due

• Go over problems together

 

Monday, April 16

 

• Standing waves

 

 

Tuesday, April 17

 

• Resonance in materials

 

Wednesday, April 18

 

• P. 492, 20-25 due

• Field trip to the planetarium for resonance demonstrations

• Range of human hearing

• Pair of tuning forks

• Singing rod demo 

 

Thursday, April 19

 

• AP Problems 13-1 due

• TESS satellite launch

• Doppler effect and planet detection

• Time for sound vs light to travel with lightning

 

Friday, April 20

 

• Speed of Sound Lab due

• Some other sound phenomena

• Ultrasonic and infrasonic waves