Description

Overview:

Students use a microphone and Vernier LabQuest to record the sound of a finger-snap echo in a 1-2 meter cardboard tube. Students measure the time for the echo to return to the microphone, and measure the length of the tube. Using their measurements, students determine the speed of sound. While other authors have produced similar labs, this version includes uncertainty analysis consistent with effective measurement technique as presented in the module Measurement and Uncertainty.

Subject:

Mathematics, Physics

Level:

High School, Community College / Lower Division

Material Type:

Activity/Lab

Author:

Peter Bohacek

Provider:

ComPADRE Digital Library

Date Added:

08/28/2012