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Unit Plan Title**: Waves This unit covers the characteristics, properties, and behaviors of waves. Students, working in groups, complete a project that requires them to choose a wave phenomenon in their environment and design their own experiment. Students use the internet to do background research. Students use a spreadsheet to analyze and graph their data. Students create a PowerPoint presentation on the results of their experiment and present it to the class. How do waves affect our lives? How do waves affect the way we communicate? How can you identify a wave? What are the characteristic of waves? How do waves behave? Can a wave travel through a vacuum (empty space)? What is the difference between a longitudinal wave and a transverse wave? How do people and animals use the Doppler effect? What are the different ways humans use the electromagnetic spectrum? Summative Assessment: Student Sample: Facilitation Material: Prior Knowledge Assessment: **
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