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Outreach Demonstration Guide: Dragonfly Flight: Waves and Wing Movement
AUG 08, 2024
This three-part demo allows participants to use several senses to learn about wave phases, wave superposition, and constructive and destructive interference. Participants build moving wave models, do a phase shift dance, and visualise interference with ropes. This demo pairs well with Dragonfly Colours: Thin-Film Interference, Dragonfly Sight: UV Light and Electromagnetic Waves and Transverse and Longitudinal Waves. This demo is part of the 2024 SOCK, The Wonders of the Dragonfly.
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Looking for a new demonstration for an outreach event? Or want to jump start your chapter on outreach? These demonstrations have been developed by SPS to help you make a difference in your local communities. Each demonstration includes parts lists, instructions, key physical concepts to explain, and demonstration videos, where appropriate.
Audience:
High School (ages 14+)
Middle School (ages 11-13) & General Public
Elementary (ages 5-10)
Time:
10 - 20 min
Level of Difficulty:
Level 1