Bundle of Lessons - Waves - Notes, Card Sorts, Problems, Labs, and More!

This bundle of lessons will prepare your 9thgrade physical science students to identify and describe longitudinal and transverse waves by properties including amplitude, wavelength, and frequency. Students will learn how to calculate wave speed problems using the variables velocity, frequency, and wavelength. Students will also compare 4 types of wave interaction including reflection, refraction, diffraction, and interference.

Important Information

• Answer keys included
• Recommended for 9th grade science, physical science, IPC (Texas), and algebra-based conceptual physics

Included in this bundle – click to see details

• Notes – Waves
• Card Sort Activity – Wave Vocabulary
• Properties of Waves Worksheet
• Wave Speed Problems Worksheet
• Lab Activity – Relating Pitch and Frequency
• Cart Sort Activity – Classifying Waves
• Cart Sort Activity – The Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Lab Activity – Defining Images with Lenses
• Waves Task Cards with Online Interactive Boom Cards
• Electromagnetic Spectrum Task Cards with Online Interactive Boom Cards
• 4 Wave Mazes - Properties of Waves + Wave Speed Problems Activities
• Reflection and Refraction Worksheet - PDF and Digital Versions

TEKS Covered

I.5G

8.8C

NGSS Standards Covered

MS-PS4-1

MS-PS4-2

HS-PS4-1

HS-PS4-2

HS-PS4-3

Related Resources

• Physical Science Bundle - 9th & 10th Grade Physical Science Curriculum
• Bundle of Lessons – Physics Problems Worksheets
• Bundle of Lesson – Motion – Speed, Acceleration, and Momentum
• Bundle of Lessons – Physics Card Sort Activities

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