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Visual Learning Systems
Waves: Transverse Waves
This video explores the characteristics of waves. It explains the speed of waves, how this value is calculated and the four basic interaction between waves. Other terminology includes: vibration, crest, trough, amplitude, wavelength,...
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Sound
This video is a lesson about sound and how it works. It covers topics such as the definition of sound, how sound is produced through vibrations, the different types of waves (transverse and longitudinal), the speed of sound in different...
Visual Learning Systems
The Nature of Waves: Types of Waves
Upon viewing the The Nature of Waves video series, students will be able to do the following: Define waves as traveling disturbances that carry energy through matter or space. Explain that waves do not actually move matter. Instead,...
Curated OER
Wave Properties
Wave properties are fully explained in this easy to follow highly comprehensive video. Matt describes the differences and provides concrete examples of a pules, periodic wave, transverse wave, and longitudinal waves.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Mechanical Waves and Sound: Introduction to Mechanical Waves
This video lecture will introduce the concepts of transverse and longitudinal waves. [13:02]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Why S Waves Only Travel in Solids
Sal Khan demonstrates why S-waves, or transverse waves, only travel in solids. [4:14]