Year-7 Physics Sound: Waves

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In this lesson students will describe the different types of waves and their features, explain what happens when waves meet a barrier (reflection) and describe what happens when waves interact with each other (superpose).

Year-7 Physics Sound: Waves

In this Year-7 Physics Sound: Waves lesson, students will describe the different types of waves and their features, explain what happens when waves meet a barrier (reflection) and describe what happens when waves interact with each other (superpose).

The slides include extension questions, and students can choose from a variety of different tasks.

This lesson includes:

  • Title slide with learning objectives
  • A starter activity
  • Group reading (literacy)
  • Keywords task (vocabulary: wave, oscillations and vibrations, amplitude, frequency and wavelength)
  • Task boxes
  • Handout sheet task
  • Comprehension task
  • Note taking task
  • True or false discussion exercise
  • Answer slides included for self-assessment

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Next Lesson: Energy Transfer

Link to next lesson: Energy Transfer

In this lesson students will explain how sound travels, discuss the different states of matter that sound can travel through and compare the speeds of sound and light.


Lessons for Key Stage 3, Year 7 Physics Topic 2 Sound

  1. Waves
  2. Energy Transfer
  3. Loudness and Pitch
  4. The Ear
  5. Echoes and Ultrasound
  6. Sound End of Topic Revision Lesson

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