Transverse Wave

Here is a JAVA simulation that is supposed to help you visualize how the cooperative motion of individual particles can make up a transverse wave.

It is most effective to add the points one by one for a while until the collective particle motion starts to become apparent. Note that every particle is just doing plain old oscillatory motion in a direction transverse to the direction of the wave.  You should be sure you can determine the period, frequency, wavelength and velocity of this wave.