Bozeman Science Video - Asking Questions and Defining Problems

• Think about a question or a problem that you have about waves.

• How could you find more information or learn more about it?

Learn about transverse waves, by reading and working through this website.

Learn about longitudinal waves, by reading and working through this website.

Watch this video to review transverse and longitudinal waves.

Light travels as waves, too.

• Watch this video to learn about light energy.

Remote sensing: There is a lot to see and hear that is outside of the human range. Learn about how we use technology to visualize what our eyes are not designed to see. In each of the categories below, choose at least one link to watch/read.

• Explainer: What are lidar, radar, and sonar?

Light:

• Mapping the Invisible: Introduction to Spectral Remote Sensing

• How Does LiDAR Remote Sensing Work?

Sound:

• Sonar reading

• Scientists “See” Ocean Floor via Sonar

• STEM Ask the Expert SONAR vs Radar

Radar:

1. How Do Radars Work?

2. How Do Weather Radars Work?

Share what you learned about this week.

Optional: Use this Graphic Organizer to help you ask questions or define problems about waves that you might investigate on your own.

Materials: piece of paper and something to write with, an egg carton, paper bag, or plastic container, glue

Challenge #1: Backyard field trip- Use your Senses

Take your paper and pen/pencil outside and find a place to sit quietly for 10 minutes. Spend time writing or drawing what you hear, see, feel, and smell. Then think about these questions: what have you learned about your special place that you didn't know before? Was there anything you expected to hear, smell, or see that you didn't?

Challenge #2: Scavenger Hunt

Find and collect the following items and then create a picture or collage with your items

• Something fuzzy and something rough

• Something straight and something round

• Two kinds of seeds and two pieces of man-made litter

• Two different types of leaves and something green

• Something that makes noise

• A cone, a stick, and a beautiful rock

• Other items of your choice!