Description
***This course is not available for the Track C July/August learning period.***
In Ride the Wave, Students will investigate the nature of vibrational motion in the form of waves and wave phenomena. This unit will build on prior knowledge gained in the previous unit on motion by analyzing simple harmonic motion as a natural outgrowth of prior knowledge. Students will examine systems such as a pendulum and a mass on a spring, and will be able to describe how simple harmonic motion relates to wavelike behavior. Building on this knowledge with specialized vocabulary, students will be able to determine how a wave moves through space, what the various forms of waves are, and how those waves can be generated. Ideas of period, frequency, wavelength, and wave speed will be crucial to this development. In addition, students will examine the nature of sound waves, and how sound propagates through space via a medium. Students will be able to describe and explain the nature of sound and the human perception of sound through various phenomena such as reverberation, echo, resonance, pitch, harmonics, timbre, and loudness. Finally, students will investigate the nature of light as a wave and how it moves through space. Students will be able to describe and explain the wave theory of light, the ray model of light, the nature of color and pigment, and various light phenomena such as Doppler Effect and reflection in mirrors.
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Recommended for: Grades 6, 7
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