This animation illustrates how seismic waves travel through the earth to a single seismic station. Scale and movement of the seismic station are greatly exaggerated to depict the relative motion recorded by the seismogram as P, S, and surface waves arrive.
This animation illustrates the movement of the three basic waves associated with an earthquake and the effect of these waves on a building.
This resource accompanies our Rethink 6th Grade Science course. It includes ideas for use, ways to support exceptional children, ways to extend learning, digital resources and tools, tips for supporting English Language Learners and students with visual and hearing impairments. There are also ideas for offline learning.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of visible light interactions with different materials and through different mediums (air, solids, and water). Students will use Sphero Bolt to create a flashlight. The goal is to create the brightest light from the LED lights on the Sphero BOLT. Students will need to understand how light interacts with different substances to successfully create the brightest flashlight. They will also test their lights in water to see how waves change direction and speed in different mediums. The Light intensity will be measured using the function in google science journal.
In this lesson, students use slinkies to imitate and better understand the two types of waves assocaited with earthquakes.
In this activity, students create a wave box that demonstrates how earthquake waves can travel through a variety of materials as they travel away from the focus of an earthquake where the rocks first rupture.
Students will investigate waves through a series of activities. They will differentiate compressional, surface and transverse waves and how each of these waves acts during an earthquake. Students will also explore how a seismograph works and practice locating and plotting earthquake epicenters. Then, students will study liquefaction and relate it to damage due to earthquake waves.
Read the explanation the ancient Greeks had for earthquakes. Then read the explantion we use today. Then compare the two.
In this activity, students will do an experiment to help find the color in light.
In this activity students will compare the speed of sound in air with the speed of sound as it travels through other materials.
In this activity, students will complete an activity to learn about the dfferent properties of waves.
This resource is information regarding waves and amplitude.
Students learn how a telescope's aperture determines how much light it can gather in this Moveable Museum unit. It has three procedures, one of which is optional. The four-page PDF guide includes suggested general background readings for educators, activity notes, step-by-step directions, and information about where to obtain supplies. In this activity, the light collector is not a lens or a mirror, but a hole in a cardboard box. Light enters through the hole and lights up the box. Users can change the size of the hole and see how the amount of light entering the box changes. The results show why increasing the aperture of a telescope increases the amount of light it can collect.
This self-tutorial introduces the electromagnetic spectrum through the concepts of wavelength and amplitude. Students learn to associate various wavelength ranges with different spectral bands, and can explore images from space astronomy missions in each band.
Sample Learning Goals
Explore how light interacts with molecules in our atmosphere
Identify that absorption of light depends on the molecule and the type of light
Relate the energy of the light to the resulting motion
Identify that energy increases from microwave to ultraviolet
Predict the motion of a molecule based on the type of light it absorbs
Identify how the structure of a molecule affects how it interacts with light
In this multimedia lesson, students learn about ocean waves. Associated interactive activities include "Breaking Waves," where students examine animations that demonstrate how waves break and how they are measured and "Tsunami Warning System," where students use critical thinking to explore tsunami warning systems.
Students learn about the parts of a wave, wave height, and wavelength and then draw and label a wave.
This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 6th Grade Science.
This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 6th Grade Science.