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  • Las Vegas High School
  • Las Vegas, NV
  • Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Waves are a difficult thing to teach without hands-on knowledge. The slinkies and the ropes will be used to demonstrate specifically what Transverse and Longitudinal waves are. The NGS Standards referenced in Unit 3 are MS-PS4-1, MS-PS4-2, and MS-PS4-3 Students will be able to make these waves themselves which will help them understand the concept much more than just taking notes or looking at diagrams. This is a unit that is much easier to understand when you have real-life experience with these concepts. The record player will be used to show analog sound waves. Standard MS-PS4-3 describes the difference between analog and digital waves. I wanted to show the students firsthand a way analog waves are made.

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Waves are a difficult thing to teach without hands-on knowledge. The slinkies and the ropes will be used to demonstrate specifically what Transverse and Longitudinal waves are. The NGS Standards referenced in Unit 3 are MS-PS4-1, MS-PS4-2, and MS-PS4-3 Students will be able to make these waves themselves which will help them understand the concept much more than just taking notes or looking at diagrams. This is a unit that is much easier to understand when you have real-life experience with these concepts. The record player will be used to show analog sound waves. Standard MS-PS4-3 describes the difference between analog and digital waves. I wanted to show the students firsthand a way analog waves are made.

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