IP3 08 General Wave Properties

20 September

Representing a Longitudinal Wave Graphically

Seng Kwang Tan GeoGebra, IP3 08 General Wave Properties 0 Comments

I modified an existing simulation to demonstrate how the displacement of particles along a longitudinal wave can be represented in graphical form.

Essentially, one would have to determine for each particle, its displacement from the equilibrium position and its corresponding position along the wave’s direction. On the graph, positive displacement indicates movement in one direction (e.g., to the right), while negative displacement indicates movement in the opposite direction (e.g., to the left).

For the full view, go to https://www.geogebra.org/m/kq3e2qjk

07 August

Graphical Representation of Waves

Seng Kwang Tan AI, Assessment, IP3 08 General Wave Properties 0 Comments

Use the quiz below to test your ability to interpret graphs of waves. You can click on a point in the map to read the values.

The codes for this quiz are generated by AI. However, the options and correct answers are rule-based and as such, should not have any errors.

It is able to randomly select from 4 different questions for displacement-distance graphs and 4 others for displacement-time graphs, while randomising the values of amplitude, wavelength and period.

25 August

Longitudinal and Transverse Waves

Seng Kwang Tan 11 Wave Motion, GeoGebra, IP3 08 General Wave Properties 0 Comments

I modified Tom Walsh’s original GeoGebra app to add a moveable single oscillating particle for students to observe its movement along a longitudinal wave and a transverse wave.

The app can also be used to show how the displacement of a particle in a longitudinal wave can be mapped onto a sinusoidal function, similar to the shape of a transverse wave. For example. a displacement of the particle to the right can be represented by a positive displacement value on the displacement-distance graph.

You can choose to select the particle that you want to focus on by using the slider.

For a full screen view, visit https://www.geogebra.org/m/auyft2pd

Here is an animated gif for those who prefer to insert it into a powerpoint slideshow instead:

Animation of longitudinal wave and transverse wave

For embedding into SLS or any platform that supports iframes.

<iframe scrolling="no" title="Progressive Waves" src="https://www.geogebra.org/material/iframe/id/auyft2pd/width/640/height/480/border/888888/sfsb/true/smb/false/stb/false/stbh/false/ai/false/asb/false/sri/true/rc/false/ld/false/sdz/false/ctl/false" width="640px" height="480px" style="border:0px;"> </iframe>

25 August

Movement of Particle in a Wave

Seng Kwang Tan 11 Wave Motion, GeoGebra, IP3 08 General Wave Properties 0 Comments

This GeoGebra app allows students to observe closely the movement of a particle in a progressive wave, with two possible directions of energy propagation.

In a typical question, students will be asked to predict the next movement of a particle given that a wave is moving left or right. Usually, students will need to imagine the waveform shifting slightly to the left or right in order to figure that out. This app follows the same visualisation technique to identify the subsequent movement of any particle along a wave.