Swimming Lessons

Desperately waiting for the lunchtime bell. I raced back to our class to get my swimming shorts. Nervously tying my shoelaces I stood up and pranced into the line. “Hurry!” I shouted. Without delay, I trudged to the aquatic centre. When we got to the pools, I was very nervous and shy. My palms were sweaty, my hands were shaking and my stomach was churning. “Remember, we are not here by ourselves, this is a public pool so remember to not be silly. Plus we are here to have swimming lessons not to muck around.” reported Mrs Nua.

Walking into the pools, I smelt the chlorine/chemicals. Hastily walking into the changing rooms, I saw a lot of people paddling, back stroking, freestyling. When I got into the changing rooms, I promptly put on my swimming shorts. Without hesitation I carefully sprinted out of the changing rooms. Strolling on the slippery surface I get into the piercing water for three seconds. I rapidly went out of the biting water and sat on the green hard bench.

When I sat down, our instructor ‘Jackie’, was waiting for the rest of us. Just then everyone came, our instructor Jackie was  going to test our swimming progress. I was one of the first ones to swim. We had to swim with the boards. Most of us were not good with boards. In the end, Jackie put us in our groups. I was in group 2, but then Jackie said “There are too many in group 2”. So, Jackie moved four or five people into group 1 including myself

At the end, group 1 went into their pool and group 2 had to stay. Our instructor was Mrs Nua and group 2 was Jackie. In the end we went back to the changing rooms and got into our school uniform. Once we were all finished, we ran back to school in the biting slammering rain.

Breaking The Sound Barrier, Reading Activity

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-happens-when-an-airc/   (simplified)

What happens when an aircraft breaks the sound barrier?

Mar 11, 2002.

What happens when an object breaks the sound barrier must begin with the description of sound as a wave.  Anyone who has heard an echo (sound waves reflecting off a distant surface) or been far enough away from an event to see it first and then hear it, is familiar with the reasonably slow travel of sound waves. At sea level and temperatures of 22 degrees Celsius, sound waves travel at 345 meters per second. As the temperature decreases, the sound speed also decreases, so for a plane flying at 35,000 feet (10688 metres) where the temperature is  around -55 degrees Celsius, the speed of sound is 295 meters per second.

When the sources of a sound is moving it can begin to catch up with the sound waves they emit. As the speed of the object increases to the speed or velocity of sound waves, these sound waves begin to pile up in front of the object. If the object has sufficient acceleration, it can burst through this barrier of sound waves and move ahead of the sound it is making. As the object outruns all the pressure and sound waves in front of it, it is heard on the ground as an explosion, or sonic boom.

At supersonic speeds (those greater than the speed of sound), there is no sound heard as an object approaches an observer because the object is traveling faster than the sound it produces. Only after the object has passed will the observer be able to hear the sound waves emitted from the object.

Aircraft wings create low-pressure regions. Under sonic flight conditions the lowered pressure condenses the water in the air, creating a vapour cloud. Just as the aircraft bursts through the barrier, the air is locally disturbed by the resulting shock wave and the condensation/vapour cloud disappears.

Explain how there can be slight variation in the speed of sound?

When its hot, the sound travels faster about 345 meters per second. But when its cold like -55 degrees celsius the sound travels slower at 295 meters per second.

What is an echo?

sound waves reflecting off a distant surface

What happens to the sound waves, when the object making the sound is moving?

When the sources of a sound is moving it can begin to catch up with the sound waves they emit

Why is there no sound heard as an object approaches if it is going at supersonic speed?

Because the object is travelling faster than the sound it is producing.

What does supersonic mean?

Supersonic is involving or denoting a speed greater than that of sound.

Why does a person travelling in a car with the horn sounding only hear one pitch whereas someone listening to the car drive past and hears the pitch change as they drive past?

The sound waves changes pitch when the object is moving the sound waves.

What does decrease mean? Make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree. An example of decrease is to make it less.

Sufficient? Enough; adequate. An example of sufficient is, If the object has sufficient acceleration, it can burst through this barrier of sound waves and move ahead of the sound it is making.

Emit? Let go, an example of emit is when you shake the soda bottle and then when you open the cap, all of the fizzy explodes out.

Velocity? The speed of something in a given directions. Example- The velocity of the car caused the girls hair to fly.

Condense? Make something more denser or more concentrated. Example for condense is when you are focusing or concentrating on that one thing.

acceleration? Increase in speed or rate. Another example for acceleration, If you are driving to an emergency then you would accelerate there.

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