Waves

The Standard Level Waves course provides a tantalizing glimpse of the phenomena to come in the Higher Level topic. Students will observe oscillations and define simple harmonic motion without quantifying time periods for springs and pendulums. Travelling waves and stationary waves are considered, as are specific aspects of light and sound. If teaching a Higher Level class, it is almost certainly worth stretching interference...

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