Exploring Light as a Wave


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Title Exploring Light as a Wave
Description A guided exploration starting with diffraction, moving to interference, then to slits to explore how light behaves like a wave. Includes steps where the student will have to determine how to measure wavelength using the tools in the simulation and calculate frequency.
Subject Physics
Level High School, Middle School
Type Guided Activity, Homework, Lab, Remote Learning
Duration 30 minutes
Answers Included No
Language English
Keywords amplitude, diffraction, frequency, interference, light, slits, wavelength, young's double slit
Simulation(s) Wave Interference (HTML5)


Author(s) Walter Jurek
School / Organization LeTourneau University
Date submitted 21/01/27
Date updated 21/01/27