Color Physics @Hampshire, Day 9

March 3, 2017 /

Day 9 was a continuation of our exploration of waves. The class time was divided into two main activities:

  • Working in groups on conceptual exercises related to waves (drawing waves, ranking them based on various properties, etc.), led by me.
  • Carrying out a more systematic study of waves on a slinky, which included quantitative measurements of the speed of a wave pulse, led by my colleague Fred Wirth who has offered to lend a helping hand this semester and who designed and coordinated this portion of the class.
Conceptual Exercises on Waves
Conceptual Exercises on Waves

At the end, we discussed as a class the solutions to some of the conceptual exercises.