Lesson Plan: 4P.4.10

Hamble Lesson Observation Plan
Learning About
What is the speed of sound?
Keywords:
  • Sound (3)
  • Speed (2)
  • Reflection (2)
  • Time (1)
  • Wave (1)
  • Distance (1)
Memory Anchor:
Method Precise Learning Objective Linked Question / Activity
(Designed for maximum working out)
Stepping Stones Pitstop Check
(Thinking Map)
D Echoes are just the reflection of a sound wave with an big enough time delay, such that your brain separates the sound into two distinct events. What is an echo?

D Measuring the speed of sound (using echoes).

Starting pistol and flag or Clapper board / trays on field. OR http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/practical-physics/measuring-speed-sound-using-echoes Order trundle wheel

W Speed = distance / time With reflections / echoes the sound travels twice the distance of the person making the sound and the wall. What is the equation to calculate speed?

To set up the task: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YmuOD5X4L8 To explain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJj4Wjjf0WI

Links To the Big Ideas
ForcesParticlesEnergyCells