WAVE PLAYGROUND
Where waves meet.
Move the sources. Change their timing. Open a gap in a barrier. Find the patterns with a probe, then follow the science underneath.
Enter the playgroundPATTERNS THAT TRAVEL
Waves
& Light
Two ripples.
A world of possibilities.
A wave can carry a disturbance across a pond, a sound across a room, or light across space. Start with ripples and discover how waves combine, reflect and spread.
STEP INTO AN EXPERIMENT
Can two moving waves
make a quiet place?
Ideas you’ll explore
Superposition
The displacement at a point is the sum of the waves arriving there.
Phase
Relative timing determines whether crests meet crests or troughs.
Diffraction
Waves spread beyond openings and around edges.