Sometimes it's okay to rock the boat! Science scholars manipulate wave properties using a fun interactive. Part of a larger playlist that dives into waves and sound, the lesson helps users work their way from apprentice to wizard by determining a boat's position with changes to its watery environment.

Concepts

waves, frequency, amplitude, wave crests, making observations, patterns, periods, speed

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the ranking system in the interactive to encourage friendly competition among classmates
• Demonstrate some of the scenarios using toy boats in a small tub of water
  

Classroom Considerations

• Make sure everyone has a calculator, or has access to a calculator app
  

Pros

• Presents each scenario as a word problem, which gives the class more practice with them
• The reference materials are well-written and helpful
  

Cons

• None