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    Doppler Effect Exploration

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    José Suárez
    The document presents 3 models that simulate sound and light waves traveling from a source to an observer. Model 1 looks at how sound waves change as they travel, and Model 2 examines the relationship between pitch and wavelength. The student is asked to analyze the strengths and limitations of Models 1 and 2, and propose any additional models that could provide more useful data to their investigation on how sound and light waves are affected by travel.

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    Doppler Effect Exploration

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    José Suárez
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    The document presents 3 models that simulate sound and light waves traveling from a source to an observer. Model 1 looks at how sound waves change as they travel, and Model 2 examines the relationship between pitch and wavelength. The student is asked to analyze the strengths and limitations of Models 1 and 2, and propose any additional models that could provide more useful data to their investigation on how sound and light waves are affected by travel.

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    The document presents 3 models that simulate sound and light waves traveling from a source to an observer. Model 1 looks at how sound waves change as they travel, and Model 2 examines the relationship between pitch and wavelength. The student is asked to analyze the strengths and limitations of Models 1 and 2, and propose any additional models that could provide more useful data to their investigation on how sound and light waves are affected by travel.

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    Doppler Effect Exploration

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    José Suárez
    The document presents 3 models that simulate sound and light waves traveling from a source to an observer. Model 1 looks at how sound waves change as they travel, and Model 2 examines the relationship between pitch and wavelength. The student is asked to analyze the strengths and limitations of Models 1 and 2, and propose any additional models that could provide more useful data to their investigation on how sound and light waves are affected by travel.

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    Name: __________________________________________________ Class: __________ Date: _____________________________

    Waves moving towards and away from an observer


    Model 1: What happens to sound waves when they travel from their source to an observer?
    Observe the simulation for a few minutes and use your observations to compete the See-Think-Wonder
    See Think Wonder
    What patterns do you see in the What do those patterns make What questions do you have
    data? you think? about the patterns you
    observed?

    How does the sound picked up What do you think explains


    by the microphone change as that?
    the blue do moves?

    Model 2: What is the relationship between the pitch of a sound and its wavelength?
    See Think Wonder
    What patterns do you see in the What do those patterns make What questions do you have
    data? you think? about the patterns you
    observed?

    What happens to the


    wavelength as frequency
    increases?

    Complete the table below to surface strengths and limitations of models 1 and 2. These strengths and
    limitations will help you decide what other models you want to use to complete the investigation.
    Model 1 and 2 Limitations
    Model 1 and 2 Strengths
    What information do models 1 and 2 not provide
    How were models 1 and 2 useful to our
    that would be useful to our investigation about
    investigation about whether anything happens to
    whether anything happens to sound and light
    sound and light waves when they travel?
    waves when they travel?
    Based on the strengths and limitations of models 1 and 2, are there any other models you would want to
    use to gather more data that will be useful to this investigation? If so, write your ideas about what type of
    model you would want to use?

    Model 3: What happens to light waves when they travel from their source to an observer?

    Situation Is there a change in frequency Change of color perceived by


    of the light waves perceived the observer on Earth?
    by the observer on Earth? (shift toward red, blue or no
    (higher, lower, or none? shift?)

    The galaxy is not moving, but


    close to the Earth.

    The galaxy is moving toward


    Earth.

    The galaxy is moving away


    from Earth.

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