Compact Disc Players

Senior Science HSC

Assessment Task
How CDs Work
How CDs Work
What does the inside of a CD
player look like?
 Transformation of Energy (reading)
Electrical

Battery:
Chemical
Potential
Electrical
Outlet: Electrical Kinetic

CD Player: electrical (audio signal)

kinetic sound
Computer: electrical light OR electrical
(audio signal) kinetic sound
Transformation of Energy (writing)

Electrical
Outlet: Electrical

Kinetic
 CD Player Communication Model

Scratches on Disc,
Heat or Water
Damage on Disc

Laser Binary Data or

Data or Binary Bumps
Laser Light Pickup (electric Music
Music Read by Light
Assembly impulses)

Sound or Display
on Screen