Unpacked Content
Scientific and Engineering Practices
Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
Crosscutting Concepts
Cause and Effect
Knowledge
Students know:
- How sound waves propagate.
- How electromagnetic waves propagate.
- General wave properties and wave behavior.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Conduct research.
- Evaluate the reliability of multiple sources.
- Effectively communicate results of research by designated means.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Waves are used in modern technologies to obtain and transfer information.
Vocabulary
- evaluate
- model
- Doppler Effect
- constructive interference
- destructive interference
- standing wave
- superposition principle
- wave
- wave speed
- frequency
- period
- speed of light
- speed of sound
- wavelength
- medium
- SONAR
- RADAR
- Red shift
- ultrasound
- crest
- trough
- amplitude
- electromagnetic spectrum
- technical devices
