Electromagnetic waves

Subject: Physics

Grade: Lower Secondary

Publisher: YDP

Resource types: Class activity

Resource ID: g651
Description:

At the end of this activity, students should be able to:
– define an electromagnetic wave
– explain why light is an electromagnetic wave
– state the relationship between wavelength and wave frequency
– give the approximate speed of an electromagnetic wave in a vacuum
– realise that the speed of light is the fastest rate of information transfer.

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Electric field changes Student activity Magnetic field changes Student activity Electromagnetic waves Student activity How to measure the ... Student activity Light as an electro... Student activity Parameters of an el... Student activity The fastest informa... Student activity

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Secondary School

Lower Secondary (Grades 7-9)

Physics

Electromagnetic waves

85. Electromagnetic waves

YDP SA

Keywords

light, electromagnetic, transfer, information, speed, field, wave, electromagnetic waves, waves, electric, magnetic

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