Seeing with sound: echo lab

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Description
Explore how echolocation works. Determine the distance of an object by timing an echo. Transmit a sound at a known frequency and measure the time taken until the sound waves bounce back. Send out sounds in a range of media: air, water or steel. Use a formula to calculate the exact distance of an object. This learning object is one in a series of five objects. The series is also packaged as a combined learning object.
Objective

Students use a wave model to explain the behavior of sound.
Students demonstrate that sounds take longer to return as the distance of an object increases.
Students identify ways in which sound can be utilized.

Curriculum Information

K to 12
Grade 7, Grade 8
Science
Force Motion and Energy
Learners, Students

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