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Ck 12: Mechanical Waves and Wave Types Unit PlanCk 12: Mechanical Waves and Wave Types Unit Plan
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CK-12 Foundation
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9th - 10th
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Ck 12: Mechanical Waves and Wave Types

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[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] By watching video clips, doing interactives, and reading text, students discover how mechanical waves transfer energy and how the waves require a medium to propagate the wave.

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waves

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surface wave, ck-12 episd, ck-12 foundation: mechanical waves and wave types, ck12, longitudinal wave, transverse wave

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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