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Curated OER

Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore water. In this water lesson, students explore the physical properties and states of water. They observe how water changes states and document what they see.
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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.
Unit Plan
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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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: The Faultline/seismic Slinky

For Students 9th - 10th
A lesson plan for investigating longitudinal waves by use of a Slinky toy. Directions, questions, and applications to seismic waves are provided.
Interactive
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Waves and Sound: Slinky Lab Interactive

For Students 9th - 10th
Manipulate this virtual slinky that consists of a collection of dots to represent its coils. Grab a coil, and shake it back and forth to create vibrations which travel through the slinky from the location where it is shook to the ends...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Slinky in Hand

For Students 9th - 10th
Use a Slinky toy to investigate the resonance of transverse and longitudinal waves.
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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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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: The Nature of Sound With a Slinky

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A physics lesson plan where students investigate how sound can be produced and changed. Students identify vibrations as the source of sound and how it can be amplified and received, and then explore the use of a slinky to explain the...
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Falling Slinky Model

For Students 9th - 10th
A model of a slinky consisting of a string of twenty masses connected by springs. When the slinky is released, it falls and retracts in a series of movements. The motion of the slinky can be explored by moving the masses to different...
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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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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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Curated OER

Slinky and Hand

For Students 9th - 10th
The different types of earthquake waves are discussed and illustrated with. Features geologist video clip.
Lesson Plan
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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Curated OER

Slinky2

For Students 9th - 10th
A lesson plan for investigating longitudinal waves by use of a Slinky toy. Directions, questions, and applications to seismic waves are provided.
Graphic
Curated OER

Slinky3

For Students 9th - 10th
A lesson plan for investigating longitudinal waves by use of a Slinky toy. Directions, questions, and applications to seismic waves are provided.
Graphic
Curated OER

Circular Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
A lesson plan for investigating longitudinal waves by use of a Slinky toy. Directions, questions, and applications to seismic waves are provided.

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