Reflection and refraction of waves

Subject: Physics

Grade: Upper Secondary

Publisher: YDP

Resource types: Class activity

Resource ID: h664
Description:

At the end of this activity, students should be able to:
– explain the movement of a wave reflected at a fixed and at a free end of a string
– describe the movement of a wave along a string made of segments of different density
– state Huygens’ principle
– describe the reflection and the refraction of waves in two-dimensional areas
– explain the concepts of echo and reverberation.

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Reflection and refr... Whiteboard presentation

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Fixed-end reflection Student activity Free-end reflection Student activity Passage to a differ... Student activity Huygens' Principle Student activity Reflection of plane... Student activity Refraction of plane... Student activity The reflection of s... Student activity

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Secondary School

Upper Secondary (Grades 10-12)

Physics

Mechanical waves

84. Reflection and refraction of waves

YDP SA

Keywords

refraction, reflection, dispersion, absorption, wave, waves, angle, incidence, Reflection and refraction of waves

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