AGENDAS FOR THE WEEK:

March 28 April 1

MONDAY
Waves and Sound
80 minutes
Objective(s): SWBAT
*Describe the characteristics
of a wave.
*Explain how sound travels.
*Qualitatively describe the
Doppler effect on the
frequency of sound.
CCSS/NGSSS:
SC.912.P.10.21: Qualitatively
describe the shift in frequency
in sound or electromagnetic
waves due to the relative
motion of a source or a
receiver.
MAFS.K12.MP.2: Reason
abstractly and quantitatively.
MAFS.K12.MP.3: Construct
viable arguments and critique
the reasoning of others.
Essential Question: How is
sound produced? On what
does hearing depend?

ENGAGE
Bell Ringer/News and
Views:
5 minutes
How does sound move best?
Take a POE Chart and The
sound Questionnaire from the
front if you finish your
answer.

TUESDAY

Block 3 Physical Science

WEDNESDAY

Light: Electromagnetic
Spectrum
80 minutes

Review and Computer

Lab
75 minutes

Objective(s): SWBAT
* Identify the different types
of electromagnetic waves.
*Give Examples of different
types of electromagnetic
waves.
CCSS/NGSSS:
SC.912.P.10.18: Explore the
theory of electromagnetism
by comparing and contrasting
the different parts of the
electromagnetic spectrum in
terms of wavelength,
frequency, and energy, and
relate them to phenomena and
applications.
SC.912.N.3.5: Describe the
function of models in science,
and identify the wide range of
models used in science.
Essential Question: What are
the characteristics of
electromagnetic waves? How
are they used?

Objective(s): SWBAT
*Use Power Point as a means
of organizing and presenting
research.
CCSS/NGSSS:
SC.912.N.1.1 Define a
problem based on a specific
body of knowledge, for
example: Biology, Chemistry,
Physics and earth/space
science.
MAFS.K12.MP.6.1 Attend to
precision.
MAFS.K12.MP.1.1 Make
sense of problems and
persevere in solving them.
LAFS.910.WHST.2.6: Use
technology, including the
Internet, to produce, publish,
and update individual or
shared writing products,
taking advantage of
technologys capacity to link
to other information and to
display information flexibly
and dynamically.
Essential Question: How do
I prepare for my final exam
and Midterm

Due today:
Science Research Data
Waves Worksheet
ENGAGE
Bell Ringer/News and
Views:
5 minutes
What is color?

ENGAGE
Bell Ringer/News and
Views:
5 minutes
Consider your Ultimate Quiz
Essay questions. Which
question did you pick and
write down the answer you
chose.

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

Unit 2 Exam
80 minutes

Behavior of Light
80 minutes

Objective(s): SWBAT
*
CCSS/NGSSS:
MAFS.K12.MP.1.1 Make
sense of problems and
persevere in solving them.
SC.912.N.1.1 Define a
problem based on a specific
body of knowledge, for
example: Biology, Chemistry,
Physics and earth/space
science.
SC.912.P.10.1: Differentiate
among the various forms of
energy and recognize that
they can be transformed from
one form to another.
Essential Question:

Objective(s): SWBAT
* Identify and describe the
types of materials that effect
the behavior of light.
*Describe why the color we
see is light reflected not
absorbed by an object.
*Define three light behaviors
reflection, absorbed and
transmitted.
CCSS/NGSSS:
SC.912.P.10.18: Explore the
theory of electromagnetism
by comparing and contrasting
the different parts of the
electromagnetic spectrum in
terms of wavelength,
frequency, and energy, and
relate them to phenomena and
applications.
Essential Question: How
does light behave when it
enters a new medium?

ENGAGE
Bell Ringer/News and
Views:
5 minutes
Take time now to prepare an
index card to support
Announcement Reminders
5 minutes

Due Today:
Egg Drop Essay
ElectroSpectrum Posters
ENGAGE
Bell Ringer/News and
Views:
5 minutes
What do you think causes
sunsets to be so colorful?

Think Pair Share

5 minutes

L
A

Announcement Reminders
5 minutes
1. Science Research
Project Data Due
Tomorrow.
2. Unit Test Thursday
3. Midterm next
Monday
4. Egg Drop Essay Due
Friday
5. Ultimate Quiz due
Friday
EXPLORE
POE
Students will use POE charts
as we have used them before
for the following demos.
Music Box Demo
5 minutes
Play music box in the air
Play music box against table
Move around room to reach
as many students as possible
to show how drastically the
volume changes.
Screaming Balloon
2 minutes
Hexbolt in a balloon use
centripetal force to spin it
inside, vibrations create
sounds.
Discussion
5 minutes
Bell Jar Video
2 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=ce7AMJdq0Gw
Properties of Mechanical
Waves

Think Pair Share

5 minutes
Homework Discussion
5 minutes
Sound Post Assessment
10 minutes
Quiz File, students will take a
quiz and quiz square. Turning
in only the quiz square with
their name and answers.

Think Pair Share

5 minutes
Pair with a partner and share
your essay question you
picked to answer as well as
your answer. Ask if they have
anything to add, or if they
disagree with your
explanation.

Egg Drop Essays due

tomorrow, Midterm next
Tuesday, make up work needs
to be in by Monday. Science
Fair next week on Wednesday

What factors do you think are

contributing to the colors we
can see during that time?
Think Pair Share
5 minutes
Whole Class Discussion
5 minutes

Quiz Answers
5 minutes
EXPLORE
Round Robin
15 minutes
Students must summarize
each type of electromagnetic
wave in the spectrum.
Introduce poster project to
give students a structured
goal in mind for taking their
notes.
Pass out Poster Instructions
and Rubric.
EXPLAIN
Prism Demo
5 minutes
So many of you have seen
this before, but to illustrate
what you have read about the
visible light spectrum you can
see that the prism breaks the
sunlight into several colors.
What is different about each
of these colors?
The wavelength.
If the wavelength is different
then the frequency is also
different right?
So what is happening? The

EXPLAIN
Review Answers from
Ultimate Quiz
20 minutes
Computer Lab
45 minutes/to end of class
Students will use this time to
work on their power point
slides for their research
projects.

EVALUATE

EXPLORE

Unit 2 Exam
70 minutes
See submitted file. Students
will be need to answer one
essay question from the list at
the end of the exam.

Examples with light

20 minutes
Using the same POE chart
students will move through a
series of demos and explore
the behavior of light. (5
stations 4 minutes max at
each)
*Pencil in a glass of
Water/Coin under glass fill
with water
*CD diffractions on the
underside
*Mirrors
*Prisms
*Glycerin Soap with light
shining through
Discussion
5 minutes
Get with a partner and pick
one of the demos and try to
come up with a description
and explanation for what you
think has happened. (I will
most likely assign demos to
groups to make sure every
demo is covered.
Class Sharing

15 minutes
Pgs 504-507
Building Vocabulary Reading
Strategy
Students will read the short
text and create a vocabulary
list in which they write the
definition in their own words.
Example terms: Period,
Frequency, Wavelength,
Amplitude.

structure of the molecules in

the prism are bouncing the
light rays at different angles
which causes them to separate
enough that we can see them
individually. When they are
all together they just look like
white light.

5 minutes

EXPLAIN

Students will share their

definitions and they will be
written on the board
10 minutes
Post-It-Note Exit Slips
5 minutes
A friend says that all
mechanical waves must lose
energy as they move through
a medium because some
energy is lost to friction.
Explain why this is true.
*** Students post on door
and reclaim if they gave

Post-It-Note Exit Slips

5 minutes
The term visible light refers
to what?
Is this only for humans or for
all living organisms?
*** Students post on door
and reclaim if they gave
correct answer to keep for
extra credit to be added to

Post-It-Note Exit Slips

None
*** Students post on door
and reclaim if they gave
correct answer to keep for
extra credit to be added to
future Tests***

Post-It-Note Exit Slips

5 minutes
List and explain three things
that can happen to a light
wave when I enters a new
medium.
*** Students post on door
and reclaim if they gave
correct answer to keep for
extra credit to be added to

Resources:

correct answer to keep for

extra credit to be added to
future Tests***

future Tests***

Music box
Balloons
Hex bolts
Files: Sound PreAssessment 6
Questions
Waves Worksheet

Prism or spectrometer**(Im
not sure how to use one but I
am interested in trying it)

future Tests***

Unit 2 Block 3 Exam

Gallery Walk Rubric

Wave behavior noteguide