The document outlines resources and assessments for teaching a section on sound from the CiE iGCSE Physics 0625 curriculum, including a video, powerpoint, textbook pages, and questions to describe the production and properties of sound waves, their transmission as longitudinal waves, and concepts like amplitude, frequency, speed of sound, echoes, and ultrasound. Key topics covered are the nature of sound waves, audible frequency range, medium requirements, experiments on speed of sound, and how loudness and pitch relate to amplitude and frequency.
The document outlines resources and assessments for teaching a section on sound from the CiE iGCSE Physics 0625 curriculum, including a video, powerpoint, textbook pages, and questions to describe the production and properties of sound waves, their transmission as longitudinal waves, and concepts like amplitude, frequency, speed of sound, echoes, and ultrasound. Key topics covered are the nature of sound waves, audible frequency range, medium requirements, experiments on speed of sound, and how loudness and pitch relate to amplitude and frequency.
The document outlines resources and assessments for teaching a section on sound from the CiE iGCSE Physics 0625 curriculum, including a video, powerpoint, textbook pages, and questions to describe the production and properties of sound waves, their transmission as longitudinal waves, and concepts like amplitude, frequency, speed of sound, echoes, and ultrasound. Key topics covered are the nature of sound waves, audible frequency range, medium requirements, experiments on speed of sound, and how loudness and pitch relate to amplitude and frequency.
Specification Resources Assessment Core Video: Physics Section 3 – Textbook Describe the production of sound by Properties of waves – Lesson 5 – vibrating sources Page 129 – Questions 1 to 4 Sound Page 131 – Questions 1 to 4 • Describe the longitudinal nature of sound waves Page 133 – Questions 1 to 4 • State that the approximate range of Powerpoint: Physics 21 – Sound audible frequencies for a healthy human Page 135 – Questions 1 to 4 ear is 20 Hz to 20 000 Hz Textbook • Show an understanding of the term Page 128 – 6.03 Sound Waves Textbook answers: Page 329 ultrasound Page 130 – 6.04 Speed of sound • Show an understanding that a medium is and echoes Talking Paper video – Section needed to transmit sound waves Page 132 – Characteristics of • Describe an experiment to determine the 21 – Sound sound waves speed of sound in air • Relate the loudness and pitch of sound Page 134 - Ultrasound Section 21 Exam Question - waves to amplitude and frequency pdf • Describe how the reflection of sound Section 21 checklist.doc may produce an echo Section 21 Exam Question Supplement mark scheme - pdf Describe compression and rarefaction State typical values of the speed of sound in gases, liquids and solids
Videos – www.igcsesciencecourses.com Textbook Ref: Complete Physics for Cambridge iGCSE (Stephen Pople) - OUP DVD Assessments – see resource DVD in textbook.