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Longitudinal Waves | UNC-TV Science

For Students 6th - 12th
Discover whether sound travels in space and other fascinating science facts. Scientists explore energy transfer by longitudinal waves and learn about compression, rarefaction, amplitude, and wavelength while watching an animated video....
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Mr. E. Science

Sound

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Since light travels faster than sound, some people may appear bright until you hear them speak. The presentation covers what sound is, how fast it travels in various mediums, properties of sound, hearing, and the parts of the human...
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Curated OER

Waves

For Students 9th - 12th
In this wave activity, students will review the characteristics of waves which includes the parts of a wave, how waves are measured, and how waves are created. This activity has 8 vocabulary used in a word puzzle, 5 true or false, and 7...
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How the Ear Receives Sound

For Students 4th - 8th
For this biology worksheet, students identify how the ear receives sound by using the information given to cut and paste each section to complete a flow chart that illustrates this. They lightly color each section of the flow chart to...
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K12 Reader

The Pitch and Volume of Sound

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Primary graders are introduced to the concepts of pitch and volume with a reading comprehension worksheet that focuses on the physics of sound.
PPT
Curated OER

How Do You Light Up Your World?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
A fabulous presentation on light is here for you. In it, learners view slides which cover many important concepts of light. They understand exactly what light is, what the main sources of light are, what opaque, transparent, and...
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Curated OER

Radio Waves

For Students 9th - 12th
In this radio waves instructional activity, students read about how broadcasting uses radio waves to deliver sound and how radio signals are received. Then students complete 3 short answer questions.
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Curated OER

Wave Action

For Students 10th - 12th
For this waves worksheet, students compare the characteristics of sound and light waves and determine the wavelength, amplitude, and speed of a wave. This worksheet has 9 problems to solve.
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Curated OER

Sound

For Students 6th - 8th
In this physics worksheet, middle schoolers use the clues given on the bottom of the sheet to complete the crossword puzzle on sound. There are 18 clues to solve in the puzzle.
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Curated OER

Redirecting Ripples

For Students 3rd
In this sound wave worksheet, 3rd graders record what occurs when they make a stethoscope out of a hose and funnel. They listen to a classmate's heart and let the student listen to theirs.
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Curated OER

Sound

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this sound instructional activity, students understand how sound is created and how the human ear "hears." Students compare the frequency, amplitude, and speed of sound. Then students complete 10 matching, 7 fill in the blank, and 11...
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Curated OER

Waves

For Students 9th - 12th
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...
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Curated OER

Waves

For Students 9th - 12th
In this waves worksheet, students read about the different types of waves and how the speed of waves is calculated. Then students complete 5 matching, 8 fill in the blank, and 9 short answer questions.
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Curated OER

HW Unit 10:7-Light

For Students 9th - 12th
In this light worksheet, students answer twenty six questions about sound and light and how they both travel. They also answer questions about different types of waves in the electromagnetic spectrum such as radio waves, visible light,...
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Curated OER

Scientific Methods in Biology

For Students 4th - 8th
In this scientific methods worksheet, students will study a graph comparing the hearing range of humans to the range of sounds elephants make. Based on this graph, students will complete 3 short answer questions.
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University of Southern California

Wave Erosion Lab

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Using a stream table, erosion enthusiasts examine how the density of sediment and how the slope of land contribute to the amount moved by waves. You will not be able to use this entire resource as is; there are teachers' names and...
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Curated OER

Waves Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th
For this frequency worksheet, students answer 10 questions about frequency and waves. The name of a teach appears at the top of this page.
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Seismic Waves

For Students 6th - 8th
In this seismic waves worksheet, student will read information about the different types of waves that occur during an earthquake: P (Primary) waves, S (Secondary) waves, and shear waves. Then students will complete 2 short answer...
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Curated OER

Standing Waves

For Students 9th - 12th
In this standing waves activity, high schoolers read about standing waves, their nodes, their anti-nodes and their wavelengths. They are given diagrams of harmonics and the equation to find the frequency of harmonics. Students match...
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Curated OER

The Nature of Sound

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students use basic scientific concepts to complete the series of puzzles that are intended to increase science literacy while focusing upon sound by listening to the tones on a telephone.
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Curated OER

Finding Ocean Depth

For Students 7th - 12th
How to oceanographers measure the sea's depth? Your scientists will step into their shoes in this application worksheet, first reading about how the speed of sound and a simple formula give scientists a depth estimation. Students...
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Speed of Sound in Air

For Students 9th - 12th
In this speed of sound worksheet, students determine how fast sound travels in air using a tuning fork of known frequency, a graduated cylinder and hollow glass tubing. Students record their data and calculate the wavelength of a...
Activity
Teach Engineering

Beating the Motion Sensor

For Teachers 7th - 9th
I bet I can cross the room without having the lights come on. Class members set up an experiment in which they try to determine what materials will mask motion detected by a sensor. Groups predict how materials will interact with...
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Sound Waves; vocabulary review

For Students 6th - 7th
In this science worksheet, students locate 28 words in a word search. The focus of the word search is vocabulary connected to the study of sound waves.

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