Mighty, Mighty Waves!

Mighty, Mighty Waves!

1. Draw and label the parts of a wave on your computer lab packet.
2. Open the "Waves on a String" PhET simulation. Click Run Now.
3. Spend 5 minutes experimenting with the different features of "Waves on a String."
4. Follow the directions to complete the data table and use the data you collect to answer the questions at the end of the packet.

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You may begin this section only if you have turned in your computer lab packet. You can do these activities in any order you choose.
Make some waves in this interactive
Other wave interactives
Wave animations
Watch a video about ocean waves (headphones required)
Learn about earthquakes and waves
Lots of science interactives

Energy Transfer

Conduction, Convection, Radiation

Forms of Potential and Kinetic Energy

Pendulum Resources

PhET Pendulum Simulation

Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy

PhET Energy Skate Park - pay attention to the PE and KE because you will write a short constructed response about it.

PE and KE song

Group Work Assessment

You will need your GoogleDoc log in information to complete the group work assessment.

Block 1
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
Team 5
Team 6

Block 3
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
Team 5
Team 6
Team 7

Block 4
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
Team 5
Team 6

Block 5
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
Team 5
Team 6
Team 7

Building Balloon Cars!

Research
Design
Build
Test
Improve
Race









Building Balloon Car Ideas
Zoom
Plastic Water Bottle Car
Questacon
Step-by-step directions
Directions from NASA
Make a Car
Tips for a fast car


Videos
Class balloon car release
Science Olympics
Figure Eight (a slow start, but worth watching)



Pictures of Balloon Cars
Student Cars
Class Cars (click on HTML to see picture and description)

Potential and Kinetic Energy

Learn our new science song about Potential and Kinetic Energy

Watch the Spring and Mass PhET simulation.

See the reaction to Potential Energy being converted to Kinetic Energy.

And... by popular demand, the F=ma song