Core Idea PS4: Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

1. Repeating Pattern of Motion

1.1. Wavelength

1.1.1. Related to frequency by speed of travel

1.2. Frequency

1.3. Amplitude

2. Transfers Energy

3. Can Transfer Information Across Long DIstances

4. Types of Waves

4.1. Water

4.2. Sound

4.3. Light

5. Complex Wave Patterns Decoded at Receiving End

5.1. Travel unchanged for long distances

5.2. Can pass through other waves with no change

5.3. Can be digitized and reliably stored in a computer

6. Gradeband Endpoints for Ps4.A

6.1. By end of grade 2

6.1.1. Water waves

6.1.2. Sound waves

6.2. By end of grade 5

6.2.1. Amplitude

6.2.2. Wavelength

6.2.3. Boundary

6.3. By end of grade 8

6.3.1. Seismic waves

6.4. By end of grade 12

6.4.1. Reflection

6.4.2. Refraction

6.4.3. Transmision

6.4.4. Resonance

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