Summary of Digital Lab: Waves in a Drum
Summary of Digital Lab: Waves in a Drum
Summary
The goal of the Thermal Energy & Waves virtual lab is to allow students the opportunity to explore the influence of several variables on the behavior of a mechanical wave. Students conduct investigations to learn how changing the frequency, wavelength, amplitude, thermal energy, or medium effects the wave speed.
Driving Questions
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Waves in a Drum: Introduction
- Determine how the substance in the drum (medium) influences the wave speed.
- Determine how the mallet speed influences the pitch of the sound produced.
- Determine how the mallet position influences the loudness of the sound produced. Waves in a Drum: Advanced
- Investigate what affects the loudness of the sound produced.
- Investigate what affects the pitch of the sound produced.
- Investigate what affects the wave speed.
NGSS Standards