Unit 5 - Waves

Text - Chapter 11 (pp. 318 - 341) Chapter 12 (pp. 350 - 380)

Day & Date
In Class
A DAYS

Homework Assigned

DAY 1
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M

1/6
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DAY 2

1/7
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Bell Jar Demo

What is a wave?
Activity - The string thing
Build a band

Screencast 1 - Mechanical
Waves and Wave Properties
Outline part 1

Quiz 1 - Outline part 1

Crave the wave lab

Screencast 2 - Wave Speed

& Outline part 2

Quiz 2 - Outline part 2

Making palm pipes

Screencast 3 - The Behavior

of Waves & Outline part 3

Quiz 3 - Outline part 3

Demos - Behavior of waves
Wave interference graphs
Possibly - Calculating the speed of
waves lab

Screencast 4 - Sound and

Hearing & Outline part 4

Quiz 4 - Outline part 4

Sound and Hearing Activities
Student Molecules
Demo - Doppler Effect

Screencast 5 Electromagnetic Waves &

Outline part 5

1/8
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DAY 3

1/9
F

1/13
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DAY 4

1/12
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1/20
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1. I know waves carry energy from one place to another

2. I know what a mechanical wave is and how it is created
3. I know the different types of media that waves can travel through

4. I can identify transverse and longitudinal waves in mechanical

media, such as springs, ropes, and on the earth (seismic waves)
5. I can identify compression and rarefaction on a longitudinal wave
6. I can draw and identify the parts of a wave including the crest,
trough, amplitude, wavelength and frequency

7. I can calculate the speed of a wave

8. I can explain how the amplitude and frequency effect the energy of
a wave

9. I know that sound is a longitudinal wave whose speed depends on

the properties of the medium in which it propagates
10. I know how to identify the characteristic properties of waves such as:
interference (beats), diffraction, refraction, Doppler effect, and
polarization
11. I can compare and contrast constructive and destructive
interference
12. I can compare and contrast reflection and refraction
13. I can identify and describe the following terms: speed, intensity,
loudness, frequency and pitch
14. I know that sound intensity is measured in units called decibels.
15. I know the range of sound, in decibels, that are harmful to the ears
16. I know how ultrasound is used
17. I can explain how sound waves propagated through the air are
generated into sound in the ear

1/15
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DAY 5

1/14
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Learning Target

B DAYS

18. know that radio waves, light, and X-rays are different wavelength
bands in the spectrum of electromagnetic waves whose speed in a
vacuum is approximately 3 x 108 m/s (186 miles/second)
19. I know that electromagnetic waves can travel in a vacuum and dont
need a medium
20. I can calculate the wave speed of electromagnetic waves
21. I know how polarized light works

Confidence

Unit 5 - Waves
Text - Chapter 11 (pp. 318 - 341) Chapter 12 (pp. 350 - 380)
Day & Date
In Class
A DAYS

DAY 6
1/16
F

1/22
Th

DAY 7
1/21
W

Confidence

Quiz 5 - Outline part 5

Poster - How loud is too loud?
Introduction to the electromagnetic
spectrum

Electromagnetic spectrum
worksheet

Video - Electromagnetic spectrum

Color wheel and glasses

Study guide

REVIEW FOR TEST

Study guide

WAVES EXAM

Rest and Relaxation

1/29
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DAY 9
1/26
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Learning Target

1/27
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DAY 8
1/23
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Homework Assigned

B DAYS

1/30
F

Vocabulary
Mechanical wave

Hertz

Medium

Crest

Trough

Transverse wave

Compression

Rarefaction

Longitudinal wave

Surface wave

Period

Frequency

Wavelength

Amplitude

Reflection

Refraction

Diffraction

Interference

Constructive interference Destructive interference

Sound waves

Intensity (decibles)

Pitch

Sonar

Electromagnetic waves

Radio waves

Microwaves

Infrared rays

Visible light

Ultraviolet rays

X-rays

Gamma rays