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Upper elementary and middle schoolers examine sound waves and then create their own waves. They describe both types of waves and use websites to investigate how sound can be altered. This 14-page plan is chock full of fantastic in-class activities, worksheets, websites, streamed video, and a final test for understanding. Fantastic plan!
In this waves worksheet, students review the two types of waves and the characteristics of transverse waves. Students use this information to solve 4 problems.
Seventh graders research different types of waves, identify the parts of a wave and create a Power Point presentation demonstrating what they have learned.
Students calculate the frequency of sound waves using Lab Pro. In this physics activity, students differentiate wave refraction, diffraction and interference. They identify the different parts of a sine wave.
Ninth graders observe the behavior of circular and straight waves as they reflect off a solid boundary. In this physical science lesson, 9th graders create a poster showing wave behavior with correct labels. They make at least three generalization about wave reflection.
Sixth graders simulate primary and secondary waves. In this earthquakes waves lesson, 6th graders experiment using a slinky to gain understanding of how waves are created during an earthquake. Students record observations in drawings. students research the epicenter of an earthquake. Students write reflections.
Young scholars read first hand accounts of earthquake survivors in order to begin the describe the different types of earthquake waves and the order in which they arrive. They engage in using earthquake waves as a means to indirectly study the Earth's interior.
Learners investigate the Science concept of waves and how they travel. They identify the characteristics of electromagnetic waves that include wavelength, frequency, and amplitude. Students apply the use of technology in order to gather and interpret data.
In this waves worksheet, students read about harmonic and linear motion in waves as well as the two types of waves. They match 5 terms to their definitions about the structure of waves, they solve for the wavelength, frequency and periods of waves and they analyze 3 graphs of waves.
In this waves activity, students compare the characteristics of transverse and longitudinal waves and then solve 5 problems.