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Physical Setting: Physics Exam 2004

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Twelve pages of mostly multiple-choice questions comprise this comprehensive New York Regents physics exam. It covers an entire year's worth of physics curriculum and requires about three hours for completion. Review the questions to...
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Typical Numeric Questions for Physics I - Waves

For Students 9th - 12th
Physics masters figure out the wavelength of different waves. Looking at a wave graph, they identify different characteristics. Many more problems get them working with both electromagnetic and sound waves. There are a total of 17...
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PPT
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Waves

For Teachers 8th - 12th
An incredibly colorful PowerPoint presents all the facts and definitions about waves that you could need for beginning physical scientists. There are several useful links to online animations of wave action. This may have been produced...
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Urbana School District

Waves

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
What is a physicist's favorite part of sports? Doing the wave. The presentation covers longitudinal, transverse, surface, and standing waves. It includes in-depth information on frequency, wavelength, period, amplitude, reflection,...
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PHET

Pendulum Lab

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
How would a pendulum work on the moon or Jupiter? To answer that question scholars control up to two pendulums including their location, length, mass, and amplitude. Added controls include changing the friction and strength of gravity....
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Physics Classroom

Waves - Case Studies

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What can your class tell about a wave just by looking at it? Using a simulation, physics pupils work through a series of case studies to determine the effects of speed, frequency, and density on waves. Part of a larger playlist on waves...
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Acoustical Society of America

Wave Basics

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Catch the fast wave. Using a computer simulation, pupils experiment with amplitude, frequency, damping, and tension of a string to determine which affects the speed of the wave. Learners record the observations to determine their...
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Flipped Math

Unit 10 Review: Graphing Sine and Cosine

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Go up and down with a review. Learners review finding the amplitude, midline, period, and frequency of sinusoidal functions and use that information to draw graphs. Pupils arrive at equations for function from graphs. They finish up the...
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Longitudinal Waves | UNC-TV Science

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Discover whether sound travels in space and other fascinating science facts. Scientists explore energy transfer by longitudinal waves and learn about compression, rarefaction, amplitude, and wavelength while watching an animated video....
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Light and Elements

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Here is a full-fledged investigation of light waves, the electromagnetic spectrum, and element spectra. Physicists research a scientist that contributed to our understanding of the behavior of light. They take notes on your lecture, and...
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MT-A141 PreCalculus: Worksheet 6.5/6.6

For Students 10th - 11th
In this precalculus worksheet, learners investigate functions and determine which functions are sinusoids. They estimate the amplitude, phase shift, and period of each function. Students explore the sums of sine and cosine functions....
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Wave Properties

For Students 9th - 12th
In this wave properties worksheet, students will explore amplitude of waves, calculate wavelengths and frequency of waves in 11 fill in the blank and labeling questions.
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Harmonic Motion

For Students 9th - 12th
For this waves worksheet, students review the characteristics of harmonic waves including amplitude, cycle, phases, and friction. This worksheet has 37 problems to solve.
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The Human Pendulum

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the pendulum. In this physics lesson plan, students investigate how length, amplitude and mass affect the period of a pendulum. The students will engage in an exploratory activity in order to best grasp the concepts of...
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Wave Action

For Students 10th - 12th
In this waves worksheet, students compare the characteristics of sound and light waves and determine the wavelength, amplitude, and speed of a wave. This worksheet has 9 problems to solve.
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The Photoelectric Effect

For Teachers 9th - 12th
After some online instruction, chemistry aces use their creative abilities to produce a poster describing the photoelectric effect and one type of imaging technology that uses electromagnetic radiation. This simple, straightforward...
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Measuring Waves | UNC-TV Science

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Discover the secrets used by scientists to measure mechanical waves. Young physicists learn about measurable wave qualities—amplitude, wavelength, and frequency—by watching and listening to a video discussing longitudinal and transverse...
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Wave Properties

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify how waves transfer energy without transferring matter. They contrast transverse and compressional waves and relate wave speed, wavelength, amplitude and frequency. Lesson includes PowerPoint presentation.
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Trigonometric Graphs: Vertical Shift and Stretching

For Students 10th - 12th
In this trigonometric graph learning exercise learners describe the period, amplitude and vertical shift of given functions. They graph the trigonometric function. This four-page learning exercise contains 16 multi-step problems.
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Tsunami Waves

For Students 7th - 9th
In this tsunami waves worksheet, learners explore data from the Indonesian tsunami of 2004 and answer ten questions about the data. They draw conclusions about the devastation and destruction based on the amplitude and speed of the tsunami.
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PPT
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Wave Properties

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Use this slideshow to explain waves.  Energy travelling in waves and its behavior in different materials are explained. The diagrams and equations will assist your students in defining wave type and explaining the differences between...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Peak, Average, and RMS Measurements

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this voltage worksheet, students answer ten questions about RMS amplitude, DC power sources, AC alternators and the measurements used for voltage in power lines.
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How Big was that Quake?

For Students 6th - 10th
In this earthquake worksheet, students determine the magnitude of an earthquake based on the seismogram reading. This worksheet has 5 problems to solve.
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Slinky Movement Lab

For Students 8th - 11th
In this wave worksheet, students use Slinky's to observe the properties of waves. They observe longitudinal waves, transverse waves, traveling waves and standing waves and record their observations. They calculate the frequency and...

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