4th Grade Science
81 Lessons
Brookwood Middle
Genoa City, WI
Rural Environment
Unit 3 - Waves (8 Lessons)
Pop Bottle Waves & Hair Dryer Ripples4th Grade Science» Unit:Waves
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Big Idea:In this opening lesson, we explore what waves are all about as we observe, draw, and think about how waves are shaped and how they move and what creates them.
Catching the Wave!4th Grade Science» Unit:Waves
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Big Idea:Students use their videos from Pop Bottle Waves & Hair Dryer Ripples to catch a wave, draw it, define its shape and find out what amplitude means.
How Do Waves Move Objects?4th Grade Science» Unit:Waves
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Big Idea:Using what they have observed about water waves & questioning, students continue to develop the vocabulary and begin to understand how waves transfer energy.
Mini- Lesson: A Big Splash!4th Grade Science» Unit:Waves
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Big Idea:Students drop several different sized objects into a bucket of water and observe what happens by measuring how long the wave continues after the displacement.
Jam Jam Jam With a Rubber Band Band!4th Grade Science» Unit:Waves
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Big Idea:Students explore and create a stringed instrument that demonstrates their understanding of sound waves and how energy is transferred.
Jam Jam Jam Figure Out The Rubber Band Band Day 24th Grade Science» Unit:Waves
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Big Idea:Today we learn more facts about how sound travels, use those fact and our discoveries from yesterday to write about what we have learned.
How Do We Hear? Day 14th Grade Science» Unit:Waves
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Big Idea:After students learn about how their ears work, they create a telephone using simple materials from the hardware store.
How Do We Hear? Applying the Engineering Process Day 24th Grade Science» Unit:Waves
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Big Idea:Using their newly designed "phones," students rediscover the engineering process as well as explore why their invention works, explaining how sound waves travel through solids.
