Revision of Waves and Sound
LO: To review and revise the topic of waves and sound for a topic test
In this lesson plan are a number of different revision activities. Choose the ones that you find the most helpful to revise the topic. You do not have to do all of the activities and if you have a method you prefer, then feel free to do that instead.
The following PowerPoint is a collection of the lessons in approximately the order they were taught in.
The following are pages from BBC bitesize on the topic of waves. Look at the sections - What are sound waves, - Features of a wave, - Sound waves, and How to measure the speed of sound.
Below is some information from a KS3 text book
The following are some revision resources from a website called Twinkl. All the worksheets come with an answer page, so have a go and then check how you did.
These are some other revision pages you might want to have a go at. Again they all come with an answer sheet so have a go and see how you do.
What you should know for this topic:
- Describe the different types of wave and their features
- Describe what happens when a water wave hits a barrier
- Describe what happens when waves superpose
- Understand the link between loudness and amplitude
- Understand the link between frequency and pitch
- Describe how sound is produced and travels and explain why the speed of sound is different in different materials
- Describe how the ear works and how your hearing can become damaged.
- Describe the difference between sound and noise.
- State the range of human hearing and describe how it differs from the range of hearing in animals
- Describe what ultrasound is and describe some uses of ultrasound