Waves CER Activity

This waves CER activity will help you review and reinforce wave properties while students practice data analysis and making claims from evidence!

In this activity, students will:

• READ a brief passage.
• ANALYZE a simple data table, graph, or picture.
• Make a CLAIM based on EVIDENCE for a question related to waves.

There are 11 total claims to make from looking at a graph or a data table!

Three Ways to Assign!

1. As Stations: Great for getting kids moving around the room! Each of the 11 station cards has a brief passage and a data table, graph, or picture. Students complete a Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning grid on a worksheet for a question at each of the 11 stations.
2. As a Worksheet: Great for individual student practice! Students read a short passage and analyze the data or graph to complete a Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning grid for each data set.
3. Digitally: A Google Slides version of this activity is included.

Topics include:

• Basic differences between longitudinal and transverse waves
• Simple measurements of amplitude, wavelength, and frequency
• The energy of a wave increases with increasing amplitude or decreasing frequency.

This activity does NOT include wave topics such as differences in mediums, reflection, refraction, etc.

Teacher Notes:

• INCLUDES AN ANSWER KEY.
• Please note that this resource is not editable.
• NGSS Content Standards: NGSS MS-PS4-1, MS-PS4-2, HS-PS4-1

Teacher Notes:

• Includes a digital Google Slides option to assign. A link to make a digital copy is included in the downloadable PDF.
• Includes an answer key.
• Please note that this resource is not editable.
• Check out the WAVES SECTION OF OUR STORE for more!