1. WAVES: DAY 1
9-9-2013

2. Think – Pair - Share
What is a wave?

3. When most people hear the word
“wave” they immediately think of
waves in the ocean…
So lets begin learning about waves by
observing this type of wave in action.

4. WATCH “CODE RED” ON YOUTUBE

5. What is a Wave?
 Scientists define a wave as….
 A repeating disturbance (vibration) that moves through a
medium carrying energy from one location to another.
 Medium: a substance or material that carries the wave.
A Wave Transports Energy and Not Matter

6. Journal Entry: Is “The Wave”
really a wave? Explain.
WATCH STADIUM WAVE AT KINNICK STADIUM ON YOUTUBE

7. Waves: Day 2 (9-10-2013)
Watch Bill Nye on Youtube

8. Waves: Day 3
9-11-2013

9. Warm Up
Stand up paddle boards
(SUP’s) were first used
by pacific islanders to
travel between nearby
islands. Why bother with
paddling? Why not just
surf waves the whole
way across like a rad
surfer dude?

10. Defining Waves
 Wave: A repeating
disturbance (vibration) that
moves through a medium
carrying energy from one
location to another.
 Medium: a substance or
material that carries the
wave.
A Wave Transports Energy
and Not Matter

11. Quick Quiz: Would this be a
wave?
 Is there an initial
disturbance, or energy
input?
 Is energy transported from
one point to another?
 Is there a transport
medium?
 Is the energy transported
through the medium, with
the medium itself returning
to it’s original position? NOT A WAVE

12. Quick Quiz: Would this be a
wave?
 Is there an initial
disturbance, or energy
input?
 Is energy transported from
one point to another?
 Is there a transport
medium?
 Is the energy transported
through the medium, with
the medium itself returning
to it’s original position? WAVE

13. Quick Quiz: Would this be a
wave?
 Is there an initial
disturbance, or energy
input?
 Is energy transported from
one point to another?
 Is there a transport
medium?
 Is the energy transported
through the medium, with
the medium itself returning
to it’s original position? NOT A WAVE

14. Quick Quiz: Would this be a
wave?
 Is there an initial
disturbance, or energy
input?
 Is energy transported from
one point to another?
 Is there a transport
medium?
 Is the energy transported
through the medium, with
the medium itself returning
to it’s original position? WAVE

15. Quick Quiz: Would this be a
wave?
 Is there an initial
disturbance, or energy
input?
 Is energy transported from
one point to another?
 Is there a transport
medium?
 Is the energy transported
through the medium, with
the medium itself returning
to it’s original position? WAVE

16. Non-Newtonian Fluid DubStep” on
Youtube

17. Quick Quiz: Would this be a
wave?
 Is there an initial
disturbance, or energy
input?
 Is energy transported from
one point to another?
 Is there a transport
medium?
 Is the energy transported
through the medium, with
the medium itself returning
to it’s original position? WAVE?

18. The Great Debate
Isaac Newton: Light energy is
carried as a packet of energy.
Christiaan Huygens: Light
energy is carried as a wave.
Then along came Thomas Young

19. “Young’s Double Slit Experiment”
on Youtube

20. Technically your both right…

22. So what is the medium for light?
The Universes Electromagnetic Field!