Waves

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• Earthquake waves: Simple descriptions of seismic waves - secondary (shear) waves and primary (pressure) waves - with a diagram.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~polet/body_waves.html
• Earthquake waves: Skeletal lesson plan for teaching this topic.
  (Level: teacher)
  http://www.wce.wwu.edu/necc97/poster2/WebQuest/WebWhacker/WW984.html
• Earthquake waves: A thorough but straightforward look at plate tectonics, earthquakes and their waves.
  (Level: teacher)
  http://bang.lanl.gov/solarsys/earthint.htm
• Echolocation in bats: A simple diagram and some text.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://gpn.unl.edu/rrbat.htm#batpicture
• Glimpse of the future: A long but interesting abstract from Peter Cochrane at BT's development labs.
  (Level: teacher)
  http://www.labs.bt.com:8080/people/cochrap/papers/futuregl/futuregl.html
• Longitudinal and transverse waves: An explanation with some good diagrams.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://inuit.phys.ualberta.ca/~trpk/phys100/waves/waves.html
• Optical fibres: A vast amount of information on optical fibres. Simple, clear text and some good pictures.
  (Level: teacher)
  http://www.vislab.usyd.edu.au/vislab/photonics/fibres/
• Optical illusion: Experiment with the café-wall optical illusion: rows of tiles appear to be wedge-shaped.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.exploratory.org.uk/plores/cafe_wal/cafe_wal.htm#Start
• Pepper's Ghost: A brief history of Pepper's Ghost in the theatre.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.picpal.com/picpal/pepg.html
• Pepper's Ghost: Includes a discussion of Pepper's Ghost and an illusion of a head on a table.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/demobook/CHAPTER6.HTM
• Refraction and lenses: Introductory page on the eye, with links to other pages on the anatomy of the eye, the science of vision, and sight defects.
  (Level: teacher)
  http://webphysics.iupui.edu/251/251Sp97GFApr14.html
• Simple optics: A simple quiz on optics, including reflection.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://seaccd.sccd.ctc.edu/~rdowns/p103/opticsq.html
• Simple optics: Lab sheet to build a model of an optical fibre using a test tube containing solution of milk powder.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~ee378/eg100lab/internal1.html
• Sound waves: Lesson plans for teaching about sound waves. Some interesting ideas (Level: teacher)
  http://edu-ss10.educ.queensu.ca/~science/cur_unit/gd12phys/sound.html
• Total internal reflection: A mathematical discussion with a good diagram.
  (Level: teacher)
  http://www.interlog.com/~reefnet/Gearbag/wwwrefl.html
• Transverse waves: A page from a project by students at Dalhouse University. A good description with a diagram. There's also a page of questions on frequency, speed and wavelength. Links to pages covering other scientific topics.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.ug.cs.dal.ca/dispproj/transverse.html
• Ultrasound scanning: Some basic medical information with pages on different applications of ultrasound scans in medicine, including foetal scans. Includes a clear picture of a human foetus.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.bih.harvard.edu/Radiology/Modalities/Ultra/ultrasound.html
• Waves: A basic encyclopaedia of waves and their features.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.neutron.anl.gov/wave.htm
• Waves: Concise, clear definitions and descriptions of types of waves and their features. Includes sound, light and electromagnetic waves.
  (Level: student and teacher)
  http://www.csubak.edu/~ssmaglik/PS101/waves.html