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Sound

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore sound. They describe sounds in terms of their properties and explain how sounds are made. Students discuss how various sounds sound to their ears and how sound travels in waves.
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Science Jeopardy

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Water, currents, waves, salt marshes, and The Chesapeake Bay make up the categories for this Jeopardy-style game. In terms of functionality, it works well. However, it is unlikely that you focus on the Chesapeake Bay as part of your...
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Motion in the Ocean

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How does the formation of currents and waves in the ocean happen? High schoolers will learn about the primary causes for ocean currents and waves by calculating a wave's amplitude and nautical mile speed. Then they will complete a...
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Roots of the Mariana Arc

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Plumb the depths of the Submarine Ring of Fire and explore seismic waves with this lesson. Junior geologists simulate s-waves and p-waves, calculate their speeds, and then apply the data to discover the material that makes up inner...
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Physics Classroom

A Wiggle in Time Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Though an alternative method is suggested, the best way to carry out this investigation is with the use of a computer-interfaced motion detector. Physics fanatics hang a mass on the end of a spring and analyze its motion verbally,...
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Exploratorium

Moire Patterns

For Teachers 9th - 12th
By overlapping combs and window screening and by looking at a printed set of consecutively larger circles, learners observe Moire patterns, which provide a visual of what happens during wave interference. 
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Earthquakes Living Lab: FAQs about P Waves, S Waves and More

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Let's talk about earthquakes .... Using the Internet, pupils research what causes earthquakes, how scientists measure them, their locations, and their effects. The resource is not only informative, but it also builds crucial...
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The Poetry Archive

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Listening to poems about feeling lonely and feeling like an outsider set the stage for a group activity that focuses on Stevie Smith's "Not Waving But Drowning." Groups examine the three stanzas of Smith's poem separately and identify in...
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NASA

Build a Light Detector Inspired by Space Communications

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Data can travel on light waves ... who knew!?! Pupils explore the idea of using light waves to transmit data through space. They then build their own boards that detect a specific wavelength of light.
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Magic of Physics

Radio Transmission

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Radio waves are all around us! How do they transmit sound? Using an interactive, scholars examine how songs travel through the air. The resource explains the process from the radio station, to signal towers, to the radio unit. A look at...
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Behavior of Waves

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Lots of definitions are given here, and your students will find the details and links useful, along with the diagrams and examples.
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Next Generation Science Storylines

How Can We Sense so Many Different Sounds from a Distance?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Dive into the mystery of sound waves!  Scholars brainstorm questions about how sound travels and why different items make different sounds. They then conduct experiments to answer their questions.
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Earthquake Waves

For Students 7th - 9th
In this earthquake waves worksheet, students are given the three types of waves and they match the type with their definition.
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More About Electromagnetic Waves

For Students 5th - 12th
In this electromagnetic waves worksheet, learners compare the wavelengths of different types of electromagnetic waves. This worksheet has 5 short answer questions.
Interactive
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Curious? What Makes Waves?

For Students 4th - 5th
In this "Curious? What Makes Waves?" worksheet, students answer three questions interactively about waves, then check their answers online.
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Wonderful Waves - Wave Model

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate that simple models can be used to represent real world objects that are not easily brought into a classroom. They create a wave model using two different types of simple models.
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Energy and Waves

For Students 6th - 8th
In this energy and waves worksheet, students will complete a Venn Diagram comparing what makes energy and waves different and what they have that are the same.
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Vibrations and Waves

For Students 11th - 12th
In this vibrations and waves worksheet, learners determine the period and frequency of a pendulum with the mass of .100 kg released. Then they determine whether the amounts increase, decrease, or stay the same when the same pendulum is...
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The Energy of Waves

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, middle schoolers examine the topic in order to solidify knowledge covered in the curriculum using puzzles and creative games.
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Sound Waves

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore sound. In this "sound" science lesson, students define sound and explain how sound travels. Students experiment with paper cups and string to conclude how sound travels. Students research a chosen aspect of sound with a...
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Bending Light Waves to Magnify

For Students 8th - 10th
In this magnification worksheet, learners read about how lenses magnify images and how to determine the magnification of an image. Students divide ten by the focal length which is found to be the measurement from the center of the lens...
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Making Waves, Making Music, Making Noise

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students construct "talking cans" and instruments to explain how vibration of objects produces various sounds.
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Energy of Waves

For Students Higher Ed
In this waves instructional activity, students use various formulas to calculate the wavelength, energy and frequency of waves. This instructional activity has 5 word problems.
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Migration Waves

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars examine how migration waves impacted Native American history. They listen to a lecture and take notes, read and discuss handouts in small groups, and create a group table that illustrates the differences and similarities...

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