Learning Task 3: Use a slinky wave in this activity and answer the given
questions
(Note: You may use unused notebook metal spring as alternative if slinky wave is
not available at home)
1. Prepare a slinky and a masking tape.
2. Mark a spot on their slinky near the center with masking tape at the top of
the loop
3. Ask someone from your family to hold each end of the slinky. Stretch out the
slinky along a table.
4. Take turn in compressing 15 coils and then releasing them rapidly while they
hold the end of the slinky, making sure to observe the energy wave travel the
length of the slinky,
Guide Questions:
1. Describe your observations of the coil and tape.
2.What kind of seismic wave does this slinky motion represent?​