Challenge Your Knowledge of Waves

Pupil Booklet on Waves, Sound, Light, and Color

• The booklet asks questions about waves, their properties, and how they interact with objects.
• It introduces wave properties such as wavelength, amplitude, and frequency, and explains how waves can be absorbed, reflected, or transmitted.
• The section on sound waves explores how sound can be changed by altering its frequency and amplitude, and how sound travels through different materials.
• The booklet discusses hearing protection and introduces ultrasound and infrasound, including how animals use these types of sound.
• The section on light waves covers how light is produced, how it travels, and what happens when it reaches objects.
• It explains how shadows are formed and how the human eye processes light to create images.
• The booklet includes an investigation of the law of reflection, which states that the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.
• It also covers the topic of color, including how white light is composed of different colors and how objects reflect or absorb certain colors.
• The booklet introduces filters and how they affect the colors of light that pass through them.
• The section on waves concludes by summarizing key concepts such as how waves transfer energy and how they can be absorbed, reflected, or transmitted.
• The booklet includes various activities and questions to help students understand and apply the concepts covered.
• The overall purpose of the booklet is to introduce and explore the properties and behaviors of waves, sound, light, and color.