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Interactions of Light Waves Editable Task Cards

Alexis — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 23:25:53 +0000

These 24 light waves editable task cards can be used in a classroom or digitally for online learning through Google Forms with no prep and they are self grading! They can be easily printed, cut and laminated for use in the classroom with a ready-to-print student answer sheet.

The link for Google Forms is available in the resource as well as an answer key.

Task cards can be printed 1 per page or 4 per page. The answer sheet can be printed 1 per page or 2 per page to save paper. I typically print 2 per page so they’re perfect for gluing into interactive science notebooks.

The text is editable in each task card but the titles and clip art are not editable. The task cards are images in google forms so they are not editable if you are using the digital option.

Content covered:
Transparent, translucent, opaque
Reflection, refraction, absorption
Absorption and reflection of color.

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Interactions of Light Waves Editable Warm Ups

Alexis — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 23:25:53 +0000

2 weeks of editable warm up slides, digital or print versions are perfect for a light waves unit in your classroom with no prep! Review vocabulary such as reflection, refraction, absorption, translucent, transparent and opaque. Use these as bellringers or even cut them out to use as exit tickets. Google Slides versions are also included for online learning.

Each question is in short or long response format so students explain the topic and their understanding.

There are 3 ways to use these editable warm ups:

1. Use them with slides as students fill out the answers on their own personal answer sheet.

2. Use the answer sheets with the questions on them without the slides. I personally have my students hole punch them each week to add into a pronged folder or binder to use as a study tool. You can even print them at 90% so students can glue them into their interactive science notebooks!

3. Use them for online learning or digitally with the Google Slides version. This is also perfect for digital interactive student notebooks.

A PowerPoint version is included for editing and a PDF version is included for easy printing.

*The questions are editable but the fonts and clip art are not due to copyright.*

Included in this resource:
2 weeks of warm ups (10 total).
3 editable templates to fit the needs of you and your students
PowerPoint Slides with the questions to project for your students
Answer key

Content covered:
Transparent, translucent and opaque
Reflection, refraction and absorption
Brief explanation of prisms
Wavelengths of color
How can we see color?

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Interactions of Light Waves Lesson Guided Notes and Assessment

Alexis — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 23:25:52 +0000

Do you need to introduce a light waves lesson?

This resource contains a PowerPoint light waves lesson with Cornell notes style guided notes and an assessment that all tie together. This resource is excellent for traditional and digital interactive science notebooks. The PowerPoint and guided notes are also included in Google Slides which make this a perfect digital resource for online learning! There is also a self-grading Google Forms assessment. This is a no prep resource!

The PowerPoint Lesson and guided notes are broken up into 4 different parts:
Engage: This is a question that is used to get students thinking and engaged before the lesson begins. They answer the question in their guided notes.
Checkpoints: These are questions throughout the lesson that assess what students are learning as they go through. The student’s answer these questions in their guided notes. Answer key is included in the PowerPoint.
↵ Bringing it Back: This final question wraps up the lesson by tying student’s new knowledge with the engagement piece.

✐Summarize! Students can summarize their learning by writing, drawing or both.

All links for the Google Slides and Google Forms are included in the resource.

The PowerPoint is editable. The titles, images and clip art are not editable.

Guided Notes:
The Cornell style guided notes follow along with the lesson. This allows the students to go through the lesson with the class as the teacher goes through the slides or they can fill it out independently if they are using the PowerPoint digitally. All the text aside from the title and cover page are editable.

Includes two cover pages for interactive notebook booklets. One in color and one in black and white.

The Google Slides version of the notes includes text boxes for students to add in their own text. A Google Slides “toolbox” is included for students to reference to for changing fonts, adding images, drawings, etc. There are even drag and drop highlighter marks for students to make their notes more interactive.

*There is an included answer key for the guided notes to be easily printed and added to a teacher’s copy of an interactive science notebook.

Assessment:
The assessment contains 20 questions with a mix of vocabulary matching, short answer and multiple choice questions. An answer key is included. Everything is editable except for the title and any included clip art lip art.

A Google Slides version is included as well as a self-grading Google Forms version. The links are included in the resource.

Content covered:
Transparent, translucent and opaque
Reflection, refraction and absorption
Brief explanation of prisms
Wavelengths of color
How can we see color?

*Each resource is in PowerPoint format for easy editing.

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Interactions of Light Waves Digital Google Slides™ and Print Activities

Alexis — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 23:25:50 +0000

This is a print and digital resource that uses Google Slides. There are 6 interactive activities to review light wave interactions such as transparent, translucent, opaque, reflection, refraction and absorption. These can be used as online stations, an activity for early finishers, interactive science notebooks, homework or for review in the classroom. Perfect for online learning.

Students will practice vocabulary skills, make real-world connections and review concepts.

The activities include either drag and drop or short answer text for the digital activities. Watch the preview video to get a better idea of how each slide works.

Please note that 5 of the 6 digital activities are available in print as one of the digital activities involve watching a video.

The slides are not editable. An answer key is included in the PDF as well as the Google Slides link.

Content covered:
Transparent, translucent, opaque
Reflection, refraction and absorption
What determines the color we see?
Wavelength

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Interactions of Light Waves Choice Board

Alexis — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 23:25:50 +0000

Students have options in how they apply their knowledge of the light waves through choice. There is differentiation with the activities so students can have autonomy with their learning and presentation of knowledge. They will demonstrate knowledge of reflection, refraction and absorption as well as transparent, translucent and opaque objects.

This choice board is editable to suit the needs of you and your students. Students can also submit most of the activities digitally through Google Classroom or Canvas. The title and clip art are not editable.

General teacher directions and the choice board are included in PowerPoint format for easy editing. There are no rubrics included within the resource for their individual choice activities.

2 files included: PowerPoint for easy editing and PDF for printing.

*Only the choice options are editable. Fonts and clip art are not editable due to copyright.*

Options include:
Creating an experiment
Researching color
Presenting a light show
Fake Social Media Posts
Filming a video
Creating a poster
and more!

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Waves Unit Bundle – Properties, Light and Electromagnetic Spectrum

Alexis — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 23:06:40 +0000

This Waves unit bundle includes many activities for a wave properties unit in your physical science classroom covering wave properties, light waves and electromagnetic spectrum. Activities include PowerPoint lessons, guided notes, assessments, warm ups, task cards, choice boards, digital Google Slides/print activities, stations and any of my future activities for matter will be included.

All the activities are editable except for the digital Google Slides activities. Google Slides or Forms versions of each activity are included.

For each topic in the waves unit bundle, the following are included:

PowerPoint (with a Google Slides version) – editable
Guided Notes (with a Google Slides version) – editable
Assessment (with a Google Slides version)- editable
24 Task cards (with a self-grading Google Forms version) – editable
2-3 weeks of Warm Ups (with a Google Slides version) – editable
Choice Board (with a Google Slides version) – editable
Digital Google Slides& Print Activities
Stations Activities – editable

Also Included:

Create an Instrument Sound Waves Project-Based Learning
Interactions of Waves CER Stations Lab.

Properties of Waves

Content covered:

What is a wave?

Transverse and longitudinal waves

Mechanical vs. electromagnetic waves

Parts of transverse waves

Parts of longitudinal waves

Wavelength

Amplitude

Frequency

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Content covered:
What is electromagnetic radiation?
What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
Radio waves
Microwaves
Infrared
Visible Light

What determines the color of light?
Ultraviolet
X-rays

Gamma Rays

what role does the sun play?

Interactions of Light Waves

Content covered:
Transparent, translucent and opaque
Reflection, refraction and absorption
Brief explanation of prisms
Wavelengths of color
How can we see color?

Check out the Physical Science Year Long to get more resources on physical science.

Looking for a free pacing guide for your physical science class? Check this one out!

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Interactions of Light Waves Unit Bundle – Editable and Google Slides™

Alexis — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 23:06:30 +0000

This light waves bundles includes many activities for a light waves unit in your physical science classroom including a PowerPoint lesson, guided notes, assessment, warm ups, self-grading task cards, choice board, digital activities and any of my future activities for light waves will be included. All the activities are editable except for the digital Google Slides activities. Google Slides versions of each activity are included with the exception of the choice board.

Content covered:
Transparent, translucent and opaque
Reflection, refraction and absorption
Brief explanation of prisms
Wavelengths of color
How can we see color?

INCLUDED:

1. PowerPoint, Guided Notes and Assessment

Do you need a resource to introduce light waves? This resource contains a PowerPoint lesson with Cornell notes style guided notes and an assessment that all tie together. This resource is excellent for traditional and digital interactive science notebooks. The PowerPoint and guided notes are also included in Google Slides which make this a perfect digital resource for online learning! There is also a self-grading Google Forms assessment. This is a no prep resource!

✐Summarize! Students can summarize their learning by writing, drawing or both.

All links for the Google Slides and Google Forms are included in the resource.

The PowerPoint is editable. The titles, images and clip art are not editable.

Includes two cover pages for interactive notebook booklets. One in color and one in black and white.

*There is an included answer key for the guided notes to be easily printed and added to a teacher’s copy of an interactive science notebook.

A Google Slides version is included as well as a self-grading Google Forms version. The links are included in the resource.

2. Warm Ups

2 weeks of editable warm up slides, digital or print versions are perfect for a light waves unit in your classroom with no prep! Everything is also available in the resource for distance learning with digital versions in google slides. Use these as bellringers to get your students ready for the day!

3. Task Cards

These 24 light waves editable task cards can be used in a classroom or digitally for distance learning through Google Forms with no prep and they are self grading! They can be easily printed, cut and laminated for use in the classroom with a ready-to-print student answer sheet.

Review vocabulary such as transparent, translucent, opaque, absorption, reflection and refraction!

The link for Google Forms is available in the resource. An answer key in included in the resource and in Google Forms.

The text is editable in each task card but the titles and clip art are not editable.

4. Digital Google Slides Activities

This is a digital and print resource that uses Google Slides. There are 6 interactive activities to review light wave interactions such as transparent, translucent, opaque, reflection, refraction and absorption. These can be used as online stations, an activity for early finishers, homework or for review in the classroom. Perfect for distance learning!

Students will practice vocabulary skills, make real-world connections and review concepts.

The activities include either drag and drop or short answer text. Watch the preview video to get a better idea of how each slide works.

The slides are not editable. An answer key is included in the PDF as well as the Google Slides link.

5. Choice Board

General teacher directions and the choice board are included in PowerPoint format for easy editing. There are no rubrics included within the resource for their individual choice activities.

Options include:
Creating an experiment
Researching color
Presenting a light show
Fake Social Media Posts
Filming a video
Creating a poster
and more!

6. Light Waves Stations

Do you need differentiated light stations activities for your Waves unit? Perfect for a middle school physical science class studying absorption, reflection and refraction. This resource will help you reach and assess your students in a multitude of ways. This resource includes 7 stations with minimal prep involved. There is a printable version, editable PowerPoint version and a Digital Google Slides version that will help you save on time and paper!

The 7 types of stations include:

1. Discover – Students will research information about the way shapes of mirrors affect light waves.

2. Observe – Students will observe the way a coin looks in a glass of water from different perspectives.

3. Experiment – Students will perform a mini experiment with a flashlight to see how light interacts with matter in reference to absorption, reflection and refraction.

4. Write – Students will explain their answers in 2-3 sentences.

5. Create – Students will draw their own examples of reflection, refraction and absorption. Then, they will explain.

6. Sort – Students will sort examples of reflection, refraction and absorption into their appropriate categories.

7. Quiz – Students will answer a mix of 8 true/false, multiple choice and short answer questions.

*Each station should take students between 8-10 minutes to complete.*

The RESOURCE includes:

Digital Google Slides link to perform stations online.
Printable version of stations in color and black/white
Editable PowerPoint version of stations.

Content covered:

Transparent, translucent and opaque

Reflection, refraction and absorption

How can we see color?

*Please note that the instructions for stations are editable but clip art, special fonts and formatting are not.*

Check out the Waves bundle to get more resources on waves.

Looking for a free pacing guide for your physical science class? Check this one out!

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