Last updated: March 28, 2022
Lesson Plan
The Physics of Waves
- Grade Level:
- Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subject:
- Science
- Lesson Duration:
- 60 Minutes
- Additional Standards:
- NGSS
MS-PS4-1 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.
Essential Question
What are waves and how do they work?
Objective
Students will be able to:
● List the types of waves.
● Label parts of a wave.
● Explain how waves travel
Preparation
See each lesson for suggested preparation.
Materials
Students will be looking at how waves play a role in our everyday lives. Students will be looking at transverse and longitudinal waves and be able to label the parts of each.
Download Introduction to Waves
Students will be looking at how waves play a role in our everyday lives. Students will be looking at transverse and longitudinal waves and be able to label the parts of each.
Download Data Sheet for Intro to Waves Activity
Students will be looking specifically at light waves. They will be learning about how these waves of light behave around different mediums of matter.
Students will take their knowledge of light waves, and organisms in the intertidal zone, and learn how the light affects that ecosystem.
Download Light Waves in the Intertidal Zone Lesson Plan
Procedure
See each lesson for suggested procedures.