Wave project analysis
Question:
Does the amount of water change the types of waves created by a certain frequency of source?
Hypothesis:
As the frequency increases is the water more likely to form water patterns?
Procedure:
Materials:
Place the plastic tub about 5 feet off the ground. Place a speaker about 1 foot lower than the plastic tub. Run a plastic tube from the top tub down in front of the speaker. Tape the tube to the front of the speaker. Then aim the end of the tube to an empty tub on the floor. Get the water flowing from the top tub. Then generate a 24 hz wave. You can play a 25 hz wave and cause the water to move slowly forward.
Schedule:
We will have all of our materials by Tuesday (4/27/15) and will be done testing by Wednesday or Thursday of the same week.
Conclusion:
In this project, we had some difficulties, though we persevered and got it done. We started off with gathering all of our materials, and putting them together. We then got a loud speaker, and an app that generated different sound wave patterns and played them on the speaker below the tub. This caused the water to shake rapidly, and collapse on itself, then produced more waves in different patterns. Then with different sound waves it made different wave patterns. We decided that the differing sound waves do in fact create different patterns in the water. The differing sounds coming from the speaker and hitting the water in different areas change the produced movement in the water. In conclusion this project was fun, and not all that difficult. The only hard part was getting the water to stay in the tub above the speaker. We learned a lot, and had a lot of fun.
Does the amount of water change the types of waves created by a certain frequency of source?
Hypothesis:
As the frequency increases is the water more likely to form water patterns?
Procedure:
- Fill plastic tub with 2 inches of water
- Set up speaker and different songs, and sounds
- Change Volume to create different wave patterns
- Record all data in a spreadsheet and share it with Brian.
Materials:
- Plastic tub
- Water
- Speaker
- Different music from phones
Place the plastic tub about 5 feet off the ground. Place a speaker about 1 foot lower than the plastic tub. Run a plastic tube from the top tub down in front of the speaker. Tape the tube to the front of the speaker. Then aim the end of the tube to an empty tub on the floor. Get the water flowing from the top tub. Then generate a 24 hz wave. You can play a 25 hz wave and cause the water to move slowly forward.
Schedule:
We will have all of our materials by Tuesday (4/27/15) and will be done testing by Wednesday or Thursday of the same week.
Conclusion:
In this project, we had some difficulties, though we persevered and got it done. We started off with gathering all of our materials, and putting them together. We then got a loud speaker, and an app that generated different sound wave patterns and played them on the speaker below the tub. This caused the water to shake rapidly, and collapse on itself, then produced more waves in different patterns. Then with different sound waves it made different wave patterns. We decided that the differing sound waves do in fact create different patterns in the water. The differing sounds coming from the speaker and hitting the water in different areas change the produced movement in the water. In conclusion this project was fun, and not all that difficult. The only hard part was getting the water to stay in the tub above the speaker. We learned a lot, and had a lot of fun.