Waves All Around Us: Unit Reflection

Heres my brain storm on a brief summery of what i learned this unit:

How does the use and study of waves affect societal well-being?

During the first part of our unit on waves we learn't about how waves aren't just the waves that you swim in at the beach. They are all around us, so throughout this unit we learn''t the basics of waves and all about the different types of waves. This variety of waves

includes seismic waves, sounds waves, electromagnetic waves, surface waves,

We started with the most well known waves,

Water Waves: Water waves can effect our lives both positively and negatively, from a fun day to a beach to a drastic tsunami. Water waves are

known as seismic waves, seismic waves are formed from stress in the rock. When the rock moves from its original space it will send energy throughout Earth.

When two types of waves known has p and s waves (p = primary s = sec

ondary waves). When these two waves combine they create an earthquake and/or a tsunami. While studying these types of particular waves we learn't a lot about what to do if you are in a situation where there is a tsunami or earthquake.

Sound Waves:

We started of this section of our unit by leaning how sound travels and how it effects us. One of the most memorable parts of this unit for me was learning about how damaging and how many types of noise pollution there is!

Electromagnetic Waves:

While studying electromagnetic waves we lean't a lot about the electromagnetic spectrum. The electromagnetic spectrum includes; radio waves, microwaves, infrared waves, visible light waves, ultraviolet waves, x-rays, and gamma rays.

What did I like about this unit?

I liked this unit because it was slightly different from some of our previous units, like how we started simple and then branched out into wide variety of all the waves around us. I also liked all the projects that we did while working with different people than we're used to.

I think that for next years students the layout of the unit could stay the same and they could all still learn alot! but I think that a bit more on the electromagnetic spectrum could be nice because even though we had all the presentations on different parts of the spectrum i still find it a bit hazy.