Waves

Lafayette High School
Grades 9-11
Developed by:  Brian Toy, Chris Webb, Michael Wlosinski, and Kim Zander

 

Organizer

How are waves used as a measuring tool?  

Primary Academic Expectations and Demonstrators

2.1 Students understand scientific ways of thinking and working and use those methods to solve real-life problems.

2.8 Students understand various mathematical procedures and use them appropriately and accurately. 

Secondary Academic Expectations and Demonstrators

1.1 Students use reference tools such as dictionaries, almanacs, encyclopedias, and computer reference programs and research tools such as interviews and surveys to find the information they need to meet specific demands, explore interests, or solve specific problems.

2.2  Students identify, analyze, and use patterns such as cycles and trends to understand past and present events and predict possible future events. 

2.4 Students use the concept of scale and scientific models to explain the organization and functioning of living and nonliving things and predict other characteristics that might be observed.

2.9 Students understand space and dimensionality concepts and use them appropriately and accurately.

2.10 Students understand measurement concepts and use measurements appropriately and accurately.
Essential Questions
Culminating activity
Students will create a presentation addressing a real-world application of how one uses waves as a measuring tool in the earth/space sciences.   The presentation will include the following representations: verbal, visual, and mathematical.  Students may use, but are not limited to, PowerPoint, HyperStudio, MSOffice, or Geometer’s Sketch Pad.
Rubric

Criteria

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3

2

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2.1

Scientific

ways …

Visual,

mathematical,

and verbal representations are completely and correctly integrated within presentation.

Visual,

mathematical,

and verbal representations are present, but not completely and/or correctly integrated within presentation.

Some visual,

mathematical,

and verbal representations are present and may or may not be correct, but some integration is present.

Representations lack integration and one or more components are missing.

2.8 Mathematical procedures …

Appropriate choice and proper application of formulas and identification of variables.

Appropriate choice but improper use of formulas or identification of variables.

Inappropriate choice and improper use of formulas and variables.

No use of formulas or identification of variables.

 

Knowledge (Core Content)

Technology Standards

T2 Process Information/Ethical and Real World Use
   T2.1.1 Download information

T3 Use or Present Information/Ethical and Real World Use
   T3.1 Use proper citations

T4 Access Information/Technological Skills
   T4.4 Locate information using the Internet
        T4.4.2 Access and navigate web sites
    T4.5 Navigate within an operating system or software

T5 Process Information/Technological Skills
   T5.7.2 Enter, manipulate and create visual representation of data.
        T5.7.2.1 Copy graphs/charts into various applications (Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
        T5.7.2.2 Create graphs and charts

T6 Use or Present Information/Technological Skills
   T6.1 Select appropriate software for a task.
   T6.5 Create a presentation or product using application software.

Skills and Procedures

Instructional Activities

Timeline for Unit

Critical Resources

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