Making Waves

Students will gain a physical sense of the relationship between energy and wavelength as they generate waves by shaking a rope or string.

Grades covered: 2 through 12

Curriculum Topics: Wavelength, Waves, Energy

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Idea Sheets are cross-referenced to subjects listed in the Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, and California Content Standards.

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Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. ||Next Generation Science Standards||Grade 4||Physical Science||Energy |||Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move. ||Next Generation Science Standards||Grade 4||Physical Science||Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer|||Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave. ||Next Generation Science Standards||Middle School||Physical Science||Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer |||Develop & use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. [Both light & mechanical waves. ] ||Next Generation Science Standards||Middle School||Physical Science||Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer |||Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, & speed of waves traveling in various media. [Examples: ectromagnetic radiation traveling in a vacuum & glass, sound waves through air & water, & seismic waves through the Earth.]||Next Generation Science Standards||High School||Physical Science||Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

California Standards (Click to View)

1.d. Energy can be carried from one place to another by waves, such as water waves and sound, by electric current, and by moving objects.||CA Science||Grade 3||01. Physical Sciences||1. Energy and matter have multiple forms and can be changed from one form to another.|||3.a. Energy can be carried from one place to another by heat flow, or by waves including water waves, light and sound, or by moving objects.||CA Science||Grade 6||03. Heat (Thermal Energy) (Physical Science)||3. Heat moves in a predictable flow from warmer objects to cooler objects until all objects are at the same temperature.|||4.a. Waves carry energy from one place to another.||Grade 9-12||01. Physics||4. Waves||4. Waves have characteristic properties that do not depend on the type of wave.|||4.b. How to identify transverse and longitudinal waves in mechanical media such as springs, ropes, and the Earth (seismic waves).||Grade 9-12||01. Physics||4. Waves||4. Waves have characteristic properties that do not depend on the type of wave.

Categories include:

Physical Science
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Grades 6-8
Science

Tags: Energy, Waves

Subjects covered: ["Physical Science"]

Making Waves

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