In this lab we had the freedom to try out anything we wanted which allowed bigger discoveries and better observations. At first we observed the shapes of waves when they are uneffected by outside forces, they created circular shapes. When a barrier is put the wave stops in the line of the barrier but continues around the barrier also in a circular motion. A very interesting observation we made is that when a wave is powerful enough to take shape of the barrier, we first saw this when the waves came out as straight lines after encountering the barrier, to test our theory we used a long strip of curly clay too see if the wave would come out squiggly and it did. From this lab I can confidently say i learnt alot. I also really enjoyed this lab.
No Barriers
When conducting our tests with no barriers we saw that the wave travelled until it naturally lost all speed. We couldnt see if it would bounce of the edges of the pan because it was to week to get to the end.
When we tried with one barrier we saw that the wave got cut off in areas it was being blocked and continued on around it.
