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Today in Physics we were doing a lab so I knew it was going to be a good day. The name of the lab is the Mechanical Wave Characteristics Lab: Physics 1 that came in a three page packet. There was a lot to be done in this one particular lab so Mr. Manning divided the class into equal parts and assigned one section of the lab to each group so thing would get done quicker. After groups broke up and tackled their assigned section we go to see what exactly we were getting ourselves into. This lab was all on waves which normally can't be seen in your everyday life but can be easily seen when you have a slinky. Every group got their own maybe six foot slinky and used it to test how waves worked. When we played around with the slinky we discovered that from where ever the wave was started and which ever side it was on that on the return trip back to the starting spot the wave would be on the opposite side it originated from. We also discovered what variables will alter certain parts of a wave such as changing the frequency of a wave will also change the speed at which the wave will move. Below is a picture of the slinky used by each group in the lab.