Physical Science

1.4 Recognize that waves such as electromagnetic, sound, seismic, and water have common characteristics and unique properties

Advanced Proficient Partially Proficient Unsatisfactory

Exceeds Meets Is progressing towards Does not meet Insufficient evidence at this
standards/checkpoints for standards/checkpoints for standards/checkpoints for standards/checkpoints for time. Additional work is
this grading period this grading period this grading period this grading period required by the student

4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0

1st a. Students will be able to a. Students will be able to a. Students will be able to a. Students can match a. Additional work must
Uni compare and contrast identify different types name the different the different types of be completed and
t different types of of waves from real- types of waves based waves to their turned in before
waves. world examples. on given information. definitions. student’s progress can
be determined
b. Students will be able to b. Students will be able to b. Students will be able to b. Students will be able to
use mathematical describe waves using identify wave features match wave features b. Additional work must
equations to determine wave features such as such as amplitude, to a representation of be completed and
features such as amplitude, frequency, frequency, wavelength that feature. turned in before
amplitude frequency, wavelength and speed. and speed. student’s progress can
wavelength and speed be determined
and use those to
describe the wave.
2nd c. Students will be to c. Students will be able to c. Students will be able to c. Students understand c. Additional work must
Uni apply the relationship describe how the pitch identify the relationship what pitch and be completed and
t between pitch and of a sound wave and between pitch and frequency are in a turned in before
frequency in a real- frequency of a sound sound wave. student’s progress can
the frequency of the
world situation. wave. be determined
wave are related.
d. Students will be able to
d. Students will be able to d. Students will be able to identify absorption, d. Additional work must
explain how light is d. Students will be able to
explain what reflection, and be completed and
being absorbed, understand how given absorption, reflection refraction of light. turned in before
reflected and refracted information and their and refraction of light. student’s progress can
for a given situation. own observations of be determined
light are explained by
absorption, reflection,
and refraction.
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Verbs:

Use: make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural Gather: assemble or get together
purpose
Match: to put in a set possessing equal or harmonizing attributes: to provide
Recognize: To acknowledge or take notice of in some definite way with a counterpart

Summarize: to put in a set possessing equal or harmonizing attributes: to Compare: to consider or describe as similar
provide with a counterpart
Contrast: to compare in order to show unlikeliness or differences
Analyze: to examine critically, carefully and in detail so as to identify causes,
key factors and possible results Employ: use; make work or employ for a particular purpose

Critique: criticism: a serious examination and judgment of something

Explain: make plain and comprehensible Interpret: make sense of; assign a meaning to

Examine: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover Identify: give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or
essential features or meaning some other identifying characteristic property