Transverse Wave Experiment

I did this activity in science last year and it helps me understand waves a lot more now. Light is made up of transverse waves. We will also make Longitudinal waves. I will be showing you what it should look like for real. Not on the rope. Here is my experiment on Blender. I used Excalidraw to make the wave diagram above. I also made a Wave worksheet if you're just curious abourt waves or if you're homeschooling your kids.

You will need a 7 ft rope, duct tape, a friend or a table, a slinky, and a good attitude to learn science.

We will start by making the transverse waves. You will need to mark your 7 ft rope in the middle. so at 3' 6" you should put a piece of duct tape around the middle of the rope.

You will need another person or a table leg to tie the other end of the rope to.

On every science project you will need to make a hypothesis. Predict your hypothesis. There is a hypothesis question on the worksheet I made.

First you will need to give your friend or tie the other side of the rope to the leg of the table. Hold the rope horizontally and hold your hand with it about at your waist line. Make sure the duct tape is touching the floor. Then start waving the rope up and down and you can then see that the rope looks like a transverse wave.

Record your observations on the worksheet. You can use this worksheet to better your understandings of Transverse Waves.

Yay! You're finished. Now you know a lot more than you did before about Transverse waves. Here is an animation I made showing the movement of a transverse wave.