1. P1.5.3 Sound
P1 Physics
Mr D Powell

2. Connection
Connect your learning to the content of the lesson
Share the process by which the learning will actually take place
Explore the outcomes of the learning, emphasising why this will be beneficial for the learner
Demonstration
Use formative feedback – Assessment for Learning
Vary the groupings within the classroom for the purpose of learning – individual; pair; group/team; friendship; teacher selected; single sex; mixed sex
Offer different ways for the students to demonstrate their understanding
Allow the students to “show off” their learning
Consolidation
Structure active reflection on the lesson content and the process of learning
Seek transfer between “subjects”
Review the learning from this lesson and preview the learning for the next
Promote ways in which the students will remember
A “news broadcast” approach to learning
Activation
Construct problem-solving challenges for the students
Use a multi-sensory approach – VAK
Promote a language of learning to enable the students to talk about their progress or obstacles to it
Learning as an active process, so the students aren’t passive receptors

4. Practical Investigation...
Take your ruler and investigate the sound wave it creates by “twanging” it with your fingers. (Take care not to break it)
Think about the relationship between pitch (frequency) and length.
Then make a verbal prediction for what might happen with a string or tube and draw a diagram.
Now test out and write down what you find.

5. Draw a circle in your book and write inside it to explain
How a sound wave moves through the air? (1/3rd page)

6. P1.5.3 Sound
a) Sound waves are longitudinal waves and cause vibrations in a medium, which are detected as sound.
NB: Sound is limited to human hearing and no details of the structure of the ear are required.
b) The pitch of a sound is determined by its frequency and loudness by its amplitude.
c) Echoes are reflections of sounds.
P1.5.3 Sound

7. Explaining Soundwaves?
Particles move at 90 to the direction of travel
Particles move in direction of the wave
The pattern is regular
Vibration is perpendicular to the direction of travel
Particles are compressed
Energy is transferred
Particles move side to side
Particles undergo rarefaction

8. How is Sound Produced... (watch the movie) – RECAP Y9
The vocal folds, also known commonly as vocal cords, are composed of twin infolding of mucous membrane stretched horizontally across the larynx.
They vibrate, modulating the flow of air being expelled from the lungs.
Open during inhalation, closed when holding one's breath, and vibrating for speech or singing.
They oscillate 440 times per second when singing A (above middle C).
The folds are controlled via the vagus nerve.
They are white because of scant blood circulation.
Vocal cords
Trachea
Larynx
TASK: Imagine you are a doctor talking to a patient. They have problems talking as their vagus nerve is damaged. You will need to explain the mechanics of speech so they understand you. Read the text to help you remember from medical school!

9. How is Sound heard... (watch the movie) – RECAP Y9
The outer ear collects sound (green). The sound is amplified through the middle ear (red) which is hollow, and filled with liquid, containing a sensory epithelium that is studded with hair cells.
The tiny "hairs" from the cells stick out into the fluid. The hair cells release a chemical neurotransmitter when stimulated. In this way sound waves are transformed into nerve impulses. (purple)
The nerve impulses travel to both sides of the brain with the vestibular nerve dealing with sensing balance.
The human ear can generally hear sounds with frequencies between 20 Hz and 20 kHz (the audio range).

10. a/b) The Trumpet Trumpet Chromatic Scale Period ms Frequency Hz
(Calculated) Bb C 4
250
261 B C#
277 D
293 Eb
311 E
329 F
349 F# 3
333
370 G
392 Ab
415

11. a/b) The Real World
A tuning fork produces a note with only one frequency. The shape of the wave on the oscilloscope is very smooth.
However, the frequency of the harmonics in a real instrument may be twice, three times, four times or even more times the fundamental frequency. All these frequencies together make up the note. The bottom line here shows the wave pattern formed by the fundamental and harmonic frequencies when the note is played on the instrument.

12. a/b Real Sounds
clarinet
We now know that we can convert our longitudinal sound wave to a transverse wave to show on a screen. If we look at these three traces of a middle C note (261Hz) we can see they are all different but seem to have similar pattern in terms of frequency as up and 1 down takes (1/261)th of a second or the length of an arrow! You need to try an ignore the funny fluctuations, this is due to the timbre of the notes – or richness that some from the instrument itself due to the nature of the pipes or strings.
violin
saxophone

13. Sound Refraction
BASIC: Just as a submarine can use refraction to hide its acoustic signature from surface vessels, the same principle of sound refraction can be used to prevent certain observers from hearing the noise.
FURTHER: For example, an outdoor observer close to the ground will have sound waves refracted toward him when the ground is cooler than the ambient air and away from him when the ground is hotter than the air.
IN DEPTH: When the sun warms the Earth’s surface there is a temperature gradient. The speed of sound decreases as temperature decreases.
The sound wave fronts travel faster near the ground. This means that sound is refracted upwards away from listeners on the ground creating an “acoustic shadow” at you move away from the source.
This reverses when the ground is covered with snow or over a lake in the morning.
Underwater this speed depends on pressure (depth), temperature and salinity allowing submarines to hide in certain sections of water!

16. M4. • Q is louder
• Q is higher (pitch/note but not frequency) [if loudness and pitch both mentioned but direction wrong / absent credit 1 mark]
• louder because bigger amplitude/height
• higher pitch because higher frequency/shorter wavelength/waves closer together
• factor of 2 mentioned w.r.t either for each • for 1 mark

17. Data Trends... (Extension)
Discuss this data with a partner. Can you see a trend in the numbers?
Can you comment on...
Gas -> Liquid -> Solid
the mass of the molecules or compounds? (as best you know)
Ethanol C2H5OH
Chloroform CHCl3
Glass SiO2
The bonding or strength of the structures
You can use the periodic table to help you?
Think helium and voice box (fixed )

18. Speed of Sound

19. Speed of Sound
Now try out the experiment as shown. You will have have to be very accurate to make sure it works.

20. Ultrasound Ranges....

21. Ultrasound – HT Questions
As a radiographer it is your task to make measurements of a foetus while it is in the womb. When you take a prenatal ultrasound scan, the echo of the pulse of ultrasound returns in 300 microseconds.
If the sound travels at a speed of 1500 m/s in the fluids of the womb, you can work out the depth of the tissue that is returning the echo.
Ultrasound equipment produces ultrasound with a frequency between 2MHz and 18 MHz. What are the wavelengths of ultrasound at these two frequencies?
Why does the radiographer not recommend X-rays as a method of viewing the foetus?
Why does she use ultrasound instead?
When the ultrasound enters the bladder, the wave changes direction, producing an image of the organ on the monitor. What causes this change in the direction of the wave?
1540 m/s
c = 3 x 108 ms-1
1500ms-1 x 150 x 10-6s = 0.225m
c=f so c/f = 
=1540ms-1/2 x 106Hz
 = 7.7 x 10-4m or
=1540ms-1/18 x 106Hz
 = 8.6 x 10-5m