How do your findings from these investigations help you explain the shapes that you saw on the guitar strings?
Can you explain the patterns in wavelength, frequency, and amplitude you noticed in the video and how they relate to the phenomenon?
How does a guitar make all those different sounds?
Update your Google Jamboard model with any new information that helps you explain how a guitar string makes all those different sounds.
Think about:
How are the patterns on the strings in the simulation similar to or different from what you observed on guitar strings?
Do you notice any relationships between the patterns?
How do the data tables, graphs, and trendlines help describe these patterns?
What do you think causes the patterns on guitar strings?
How are the guitar strings similar to or different from each other?
How does the properties of the string itself affect the waves on the string?
How do the data tables, graphs, and trendlines help you determine the cause of the patterns you observed?
Update your Google Jamboard model using what you have learned in the investigations to explain how and why different strings produce different sounds and how the wave patterns are related to the sounds. Use the terms wavelength, frequency, amplitude, wave speed, and tension in your explanation. Paste a screenshot of your updated model into your Google Doc.
This activity was created by Dr. Lori Andersen as part of a series of activities for high school physics.