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Description/Topics Covered:
What moves waves?
Wave Motion (including video & popquiz)
Vocab (Wavelength, Crest, Trough, Wave Height, Wave Steepness, Frequency, Period, and Speed)
Types of Waves (Surface, Internal, Tidal, Splash, and Atmospheric)
Capillary Waves
Transverse & Longitudinal Waves (included video explanation)
Wave Base
Water Level (Deep & Shallow)
Wave in a Bottle Experiment (with directions)
Interference (Constructive, Destructive, & Mixed)
Tsunamis
Activity
Activity
You Will Need
You Will Need
Plastic or glass bottle
Vegetable oil
Water
Blue food coloring
Funnel (optional)
Super glue (optional)
Directions
Directions
STEP 1: Fill your container a little more than 1/2 way with water
STEP 2: Add 1-2 drops of blue food coloring and mix gently
STEP 3: Fill the rest of the container up with vegetable oil.
*Try and fill the container as full as possible, reducing the amount of airspace that will be left after you screw on the lid or cap.
*May need to wait for the air bubbles to reduce
STEP 4: Cap tightly!
STEP 5: Tilt the bottle on its side and gently move side to side to see your ocean in a bottle! Watch the wave action in your sea.
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