Title of Unit Unit 4: Cause and Effect Grade Level 4

Developed By Jessica Rivera Time Frame 5- 45 min lessons

Science Standards (Disciplinary Core Idea)

PS4.A: Wave Properties

● Waves, which are regular patterns of motion, can be made in water by disturbing the surface.
When waves move across the surface of deep water, the water goes up and down in place; there is
no net motion in the direction of the wave except when the water meets a beach. (Note: This grade
band endpoint was moved from K–2.)
● Waves of the same type can differ in amplitude (height of the wave) and wavelength (spacing
between wave peaks).

Performance Expectation

4-PS4-1. Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that
waves can cause objects to move. [Clarification Statement: Examples of models could include diagrams,
analogies, and physical models using wire to illustrate wavelength and amplitude of waves.] [Assessment
Boundary: Assessment does not include interference effects, electromagnetic waves, non-periodic waves,
or quantitative models of amplitude and wavelength.].

Evidence Statement:
4-PS4-1 Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer | Next Generation
Science Standards

CCSS Math Standards

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.B.3
These progressions concern Measurement and Data standards related to data. Other Measurement and Data
standards are discussed in the Geometric Measurement Progression.

Unit Overview

Objective Skill
Students will be able to... Students will know...

● Lesson 1: ● Understand the difference between wavelength

SWBAT - Students will be able to develop a better
understanding wavelength and amplitude, by using
created movements with objects (math)
CBSE lesson plan 1
and amplitude. The different ways to create a
way and measure wavelength and amplitude.
Wavelength is the distance between waves and
amplitude is the height between the top to
bottom of the wave.
● Lesson 2:
SWBAT students will be able to
Distinguish between Longitudinal and
Transverse waves by describing and
comparing and contrasting the waves
lesson plan 2 cbse
● Lesson 3:
SWBAT Students will be able to describe and ●
understand and describe the two different
types of waves by comparing and
contrasting mechanical waves and
electromagnetic waves (technology)
lesson plan 3 cbse
● Lesson 4:
SWBAT Students will be able to understand
the ways sound and light wave travel works
by comparing and contrasting and identifying
the waves. (technology)
lesson plan 4 cbse
● Lesson 5:
SWBAT students will be able to explain and
understand standing and harmonic waves by
indenifying the wave behavior and patterns.
lesson plan 5 cbse
Assessment
Focus question
● How do wavelengths and amplitudes work?
● What are the similarities and differences
between transverse and longitudinal waves?
● How do mechanical and electromagnetic
waves travel?
● The differences and similarities between
longitudinal and transverse waves and what they
are.
What electromagnetic and mechanical waves are
and the ways in which they are able to travel.
Electromagnetic waves are microwaves, x-
rays..etc. Mechanical waves are sound
waves..etc.
● The similarities and differences between light
and sound travel. Light travels faster than sound.
Light waves travel through space and sounds
need a medium to travel.
● How to identify the patterns of standing waves.
Identify the node and life examples of standing
waves. They are a two of waves in opposite
directions.
Knowledge / Big idea
Students will understand...
● The cause and effect of wavelength and
amplitude forces.
● The way transverse and longitudinal waves work
● The ways electromagnetic and mechanical the
 ● How do sound and light waves travel? ● The way sound and light waves compare and
contrast
● What are standing waves?

● The patterns of standing waves and how to

identify them

Vocabulary (with definitions)

● wavelength: the distance between successive crests of a wave, especially points in a sound wave or
electromagnetic wave.
● amplitude : the angular distance of a celestial object from the true east or west point of the horizon at rising or
setting.
● Crest: a point on a wave where the medium's displacement is at its maximum.
● Trough: lowest part of a wave
● energy : Strength and power derived from the utilization of physical or chemical resources, especially to
provide light and heat or to work machines.
● liquid : a substance that flows freely but is of constant volume, having a consistency like that of water or oil.
● Matter:physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit; (in physics) that which occupies space and
possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy
● transverse wave : a wave vibrating at right angles to the direction of its propagation
● Longitudinal wave: a wave vibrating in the direction of propagation.
● energy : Strength and power derived from the
● utilization of physical or chemical resources, especially to provide light and heat or to work machines.
● liquid : a substance that flows freely but is of constant volume, having a consistency like that of water or oil.
● Rarefaction: a region in a longitudinal wave where the particles are farthest apart.
● Solid: firm and stable in shape; not liquid or fluid
● Compression : a region in a longitudinal wave where the particles are closest together.
● sound waves : a wave of compression and rarefaction, by which sound is propagated in an elastic medium
such as air.
● Mechanical waves : require a medium in order to transport their energy from one location to another.
● Electromagnetic waves : are waves that are created as a result of vibrations between an electric field and a
magnetic field.
● surface waves : waves that are trapped near the surface of the earth.
● Medium :A substance that makes possible the transfer of energy from one location to another, especially
through waves.
● Vacuum : space in which there is no matter or in which the pressure is so low that any particles in the space
do not affect any processes being carried
● Water waves: surface waves, a mixture of longitudinal and transverse waves.
● Seismic waves : caused by the sudden movement of materials within the Earth
● Radio waves: wave from the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum
● sound waves : a wave of compression and rarefaction, by which sound is propagated in an elastic medium
such as air.
● Light waves: an electromagnetic wave which travels through the vacuum of outer space
● particles:The smallest possible unit of matter.
● standing waves : a vibration of a system in which some particular points remain fixed while others between
them vibrate with the maximum amplitude.
● Node: points of no displacement caused by the destructive interference of the two waves
● Antinode: the location where constructive interference of the incoming and reflected waves creates the
 maximum amplitude of the wave.
● Superposition: two or more waves overlap in space, the resultant disturbance is equal to the algebraic sum of
the individual disturbances.
● Interference: The net effect of the combination of two or more wave trains moving on intersecting or
coincident paths.
● Harmonic : A wave or signal whose frequency is an integral (whole number) multiple of the frequency of the same
reference signal or wave.