Wave Master
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LENGTH
13 Minutes
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Description
A fun puzzle game where you must match a target wave by tweaking the properties of your waves. You manipulate the wavelength, amplitude, and phase of your waves with knobs and sliders. Playing with the wave properties and immediately see the result encourages intuitive hands-on understanding!
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Instructions
Play through this interactive game to learn about Wave Properties. Suitable for Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5.
Main Concepts
Discussion Questions
Before the Game
Other than ocean waves, what are other types of waves?
Do you think it is possible for waves to cancel each other out? Why or why not?
What kind of properties do you think define waves?
After the Game
What are three measures of a wave that the game introduced? Name and describe each.
How did the waves look when they cancelled each other out?
How is a wavelength determined in a wave?
Were all waves in this game the same?
How did the waves vary? What did you have to change to make the waves match?