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DESC Department of Science
Studio Magic
In this unit you become a sound engineer helping set up concerts! To do this job, you will begin by looking at sounds and explain them as vibrating particles. You will learn how to draw and label waves and even use an oscilloscope to measure sound. In the second half on the unit you look at light and investigate its properties and will be answer why we see light as white.
What am I learning in this unit?
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What sound is
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Longitudinal and transverse waves
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How to use an oscilloscope
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Explain how sound travels differently in solids, liquids and gases
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Explain how we see objects
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How light can be split into different colours
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Refraction and reflection
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Ray diagrams with angles
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Periscopes
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Structure of the eye and pinhole cameras
Which skills am I developing?
Revision materials
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