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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Faultline: P and S Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
The different types of earthquake waves are discussed and illustrated. Features geologist video clip.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Longitudinal Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students can use this module to find out what a longitudinal wave is and how it differs from a transverse wave.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Using Trnsfrm App

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity introduces the use of TRNSFRM APP and the effect of A and B in AX + B as well as discovering Amplitude, Period and Vertical shift of sinusoids with the aid of a slinky!
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Sound Extenders

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students are introduced to communications engineers as people who enable long-range communication. In the lesson demonstration, students discuss the tendency of sound to diminish with distance and model this phenomenon...
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Contracting Helix

For Students 9th - 10th
This nifty device, a kind of precursor to the Slinky, demonstrates how parallel wires attract.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Transverse Waves

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will classify waves as mechanical or electromagnetic. Students will describe longitudinal and transverse waves. Students will show a transverse wave using a slinky.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Energy of Light

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this introduction to light energy, students learn about reflection and refraction as they learn that light travels in wave form. Through hands-on activities, they see how prisms, magnifying glasses and polarized lenses work. They also...
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Waves: What Is a Wave?

For Students 9th - 10th
Students examine how waves are described in a manner that allows us to understand their basic nature and qualities.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: Sound as a Longitudinal Wave

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore and discover how sound is created through longitudinal waves.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Modeling Earthquake Waves

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students model earthquake waves with a slinky toy.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Eartha Kitt

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Eartha Kitt, an American singer and dancer noted for her sultry vocal style and slinky beauty who also achieved success as a dramatic stage and film actress. This site, rich in detail and...

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