Characteristics of Waves

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Characteristics of Waves

• Highlighting EL strategies using the 5E model in
  Physical Science

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Engage

• Examine the cartoon in the Active Physics, Its
  About Time book.
• Record three observations and three opinions on
  the participant handout.
• Select evidence from the cartoon to support the
  formation of your opinion.

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Engage

• Answer the What Do You Think question on your
  participant handout.
• Your response should be 25 words or more.
• Pairshare your thoughts

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Explore

• Based on the standards, what is the big concept
  you want students to grasp?
• Science TEKS IPC 5a The student knows the
  effects of waves on everyday life. The student is
  expected to demonstrate wave types and their
  characteristics through a variety of activities
  such as modeling with ropes and coils, activating
  tuning forks and interpreting data on seismic
  waves.

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Explore

• Brainstorm What are the big ideas presented
  in this lesson?
• What are the different types of waves?
• What are the different characteristics of waves?
• How does speed effect wave characteristics?

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Explore

• Using the materials provided spend 10 minutes
  completing steps 19.
• Focus on data collection and the big ideas
• What are the different types of waves?
• What are the different characteristics of waves?
• How does speed effect wave characteristics?

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Physics Lesson Handout
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Explore
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Explain

• Use the common lab experience to assign meaning
  to new scientific vocabulary.
• Working in groups, divide up the terms and
  complete the visual vocabulary chart.

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Explain
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Explain

• Spend two minutes discussing the strength of the
  Visual Vocabulary Activity.
• A knowledge of Latin roots allow students to
  decode the meaning of many scientific vocabulary
  terms.
• Students who speak a Romance Language have an
  advantage in identifying these roots.

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Extension

• Spend 3 minutes completing the sentence frames.
• How do these frames differ from others you have
  seen in the past?
• Hypothetical Deductive ReasoningIf/Then format
  is a process common in the scientific method.

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Evaluation

• Cut out the terms in the word bank at the bottom
  of the Graphic Vocabulary Assessment.
• Match the terms to the graphic.
• Each term may only be used once.
• Identify the term that best describes the
  graphic.
• Extension
• Write a one sentence definition of the term.

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Evaluation
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Debrief