Unit 6: Waves and Oscillators

HS-PS4-1: Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media.

HS-PS4-3: Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning behind the idea that electromagnetic radiation can be described either by a wave model or a particle model.

HS-PS4-5: Communicate technical information about how some technological devices use the principles of wave behavior and wave interactions with matter to transmit and capture information and energy.

HS-PS3-2: Develop and use models to illustrate that energy at the macroscopic scale can be accounted for as a combination of energy associated with the motions of particles and energy associated with the relative position of particles. (Applied to oscillating systems).

EXPLORE THE FOLLOWING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PRACTICES:

Developing and Using Models
Asking Questions and Defining Problems
Engaging in Argument from Evidence

HAVE DISCOURSE ON THE FOLLOWING DISCIPLINARY CORE IDEAS:
PS3.A- Definitions of Energy
PS3.C-Relationship Between Energy and Forces

OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING CROSS CUTTING CONCEPTS:
Patterns
Cause and Effect
Structure and Function
Systems and System Models

G.S-1- Questioning- Students can develop and use relevant scientific questions to investigate phenomena, test a hypothesis, conduct an experiment or solve a problem.

G.S-3- Modeling- Students can construct and use models to represent and analyze phenomena and systems.