Teacher Information
| This lesson was developed as part of Missouri's eMINTS Project (enhancing Missouri's Instructional Networked Teaching Strategies). It is designed to be taught in an introductory high school Physical Science course. Students will have prior knowledge of the behavior of waves and the terminology associated with the study of waves. |
This lesson will provide students with information on the electromagnetic spectrum. Students will research background information on the electromagnetic spectrum and various uses of the different frequencies; focus will then be on the specific frequencies used for communication. |
| Student groups were a continuation of grouping from earlier in the quarter. Groups had worked together in the past on projects and participated in previous team building activities. |
| Scaffolding material is present for concept maps and documenting resources. These appear in Phase Two. |
Students should be able to: *Recognize the relationships linking technology and science (e.g., how technological problems may create a demand for new science knowledge, how new technologies make it possible for scientists to extend research and advance science) |
| *Describe the effect of different frequencies of electromagnetic waves on the Earth and living organisms (e.g., radio, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, gamma, cosmic rays) |
| Missouri Course Level Objectives |
| Teachers: feel free to create a modified version of this WebQuest. I would appreciate an email so I can check out your version...I might like to make changes to mine! |