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How to Use the
Wave Properties - Common Core Lessons and Activities book:
• Work through the lessons and activities as a class to teach your students higher-order thinking, analysis, and 21st century skills necessary to meet new Common Core expectations.
• Allow students to work through the lessons independently to build and practice these new skills.
• Include technology, collaboration, presentations, and discussion in the activities as you desire - you can decide how in-depth to go.
• Watch your class develop new abilities to meet the rigor of Common Core State Standards, right before your eyes!
Click
HERE to view sample pages from this book.
Tips:
• Use some of the pages - or use them all - based on your grade, your students, your curriculum, and your needs.
• Use these pages at their current size, or if you prefer them to be 8.5" X 11", enlarge them 125% on your copy machine.
• To download the graphic organizers labeled "GO" in the Table of Contents click
HERE.
• Use the correlations grid to easily see which Common Core standards are covered in each lesson.
The
Wave Properties - Common Core Lessons and Activities includes: • Reading for Information
• Higher-Order Thinking
• Writing Problems
• Primary Source Analysis
• Vocabulary
• Graphic Organizers
• Map Activities
• & More!
Here is the Table of Contents for the
Wave Properties - Common Core Lessons and Activities book:What Are Waves?: Reading Informational Text
Types of Waves: Compare & Contrast GO1
Wavelength: Applying Concepts
Amplitude: Interpreting Visual Data
Observation at the Beach: Primary Source Analysis
Transverse & Longitudinal Waves: Applying Concepts
Frequency: Reading Informational Text
Reflection & Refraction: Cause & Effect
Sound: Reading Informational Text
Wave Properties: Cause & Effect G
"Ring, Ring! Hello?": Experiment
Words on Sound: Comparison of Primary Sources
Wave Vocabulary: Vocabulary GO10
Light Waves: Reading Informational Text
Electromagnetic Spectrum: Interpreting Visual Data
Infrared, Ultraviolet, X-rays, & More!: Research & Writing
Seismic Waves: Reading Informational Text
Mapping Seismic Activity: Map Activity
Parts of a Wave: Applying Concepts
Waves in Technology: Main Idea Organizer GO4
Common Core Correlations
G: Includes Graphic Organizer
GO: Graphic Organizer is also available 8.5" x 11" online download at
HERE.
(numbers above correspond to the graphic organizer numbers online)