1. Seismic Wave Slinky lab
Materials: meter stick, slinky, stopwatch, paper, pencil
Hypothesis: Compose a Hypothesis for ONE of the experiments
Procedure:
EXP # Stretch the Slinky 2 meters between you and a partner, hold both ends
2- The other person will be timing the waves on the Slinky (one complete trip, back and forth)
3- Practice first by pulling the Slinky toward you a bit and then pushing it away.
4- Do 3 trials, timing the wave as it does one complete trip. Record the time in the table and sketch the movement of the Slinky in your observations.
5- Take the average of the 3 trial times.
EXP # Shake one end of the Slinky from side to side. Practice a few times. Time a complete trip of the slinky as it travels back and fourth.
7- Do 3 trials, timing the waves as it does one complete trip back and forth. Record the information in the table and sketch the movement of the Slinky in your observations.
8- Take the average of the 3 trial times.
Observation: Sketch movement of slinky and complete table
Analysis: Identify and explain the types of waves you are modeling. Explain the
type of movement causes each waves. Explain which of the waves moves faster.
trial
time(s)  1  2  3
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