Making Waves Lab

In class, Catriona and I saw and experimented with waves! We used pipettes and a shallow container with water. With a pipette we dropped a drop and recorded the waves in our packet. We dropped water from all sides of the tank and there we also tried with two pipettes. Also we saw what happened when there were sticks of clay placed in the tank. After we did everything again with a very little styrofoam ball.

When we normally dropped a drop from the sides or from the centre of the tank we saw the wave going around the spot where the water dropped. When it came to the other side of the tank the wave was weak so it didn’t bounce off.

When there was the clay in the tank the wave went around in and if the clay was quite close to the place where the water dropped then the wave would bounce off.

Though, when we tried everything with the Styrofoam ball all that happened was the ball moved, like if it was a boat on the sea.

Also, Catriona and I tried with a paper towel; the waves went over the sunken towel.


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