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Sound Velocity

This activity, from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), allows students to investigate the velocity of sound. Two methods, a direct method and an ICT based method, are proposed.

The activity is part of a full set of resources which look at Founding Communications and is supported by the following videos:

Communications of the future
Communications for safety

Curriculum links include:

Waves and communication
Wave properties
Receivers
Transmitters
Signals
Communications technology
Interference

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