This simulation allows students to study interference. Students have the ability to show both or none of the interference lines and change the velocity, frequency, distances, and diameter.
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This simulation visualizes resonance of a sound wave. Students can change the level of the water and hear the sound.
Do you ever wonder how a greenhouse gas affects the climate, or why the ozone layer is important? Use the sim to explore how light interacts with molecules in our atmosphere.
Make waves with a dripping faucet, audio speaker, or laser! Add a second source to create an interference pattern. Put up a barrier to explore single-slit diffraction and double-slit interference.
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This simulation allows students to study interference in 3D. Students have the ability to look at this from different views and they can change the frequency and velocity of the waves.
This simulation allows students to study the Doppler effect. Students have the ability to change the source frequency and the velocity of the listener and the source.
This simulation allows students to study longitudinal waves. Students have the ability to change the direction, amplitude, velocity, and frequency of the wave.
In this lab, you can explore what light does when it encounters a diffraction grating. Use at least one of the checkboxes to turn on a beam of light.
In this lab, you can explore waves and their interference phenomenon. You can observe both constructive and destructive interference. The first two plots show the individual waves from different directions and the third shows the sum of these two waves.
This simulation shows a longitudinal wave (sound wave). You can use the sliders to alter the frequency and amplitude and observe the changes in the wave. In addition, check the boxes below to observe the displacement from equilibrium within the wave.