Physics: Waves and Optics
Mr. Seelig
Tic-Tac-Toe Project Guide
Each student is responsible for completing three activities from the following choices. Your three activities
must follow the rules of tic-tac-toe (i.e., three in a row).
1. Explore one of these topics and
write a short report on your
findings. Be sure to include how
what we’ve learned in this class is
important to understanding the
topic you chose:
a. Tsunamis:
http://www.tsunami.noaa.gov/
b. Sonic Boom:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryd
en/news/FactSheets/FS-016DFRC.html
4. Create a song or rap about a
subtopic pertaining to waves and
perform it in front of the class.
The song or rap should take at
least 2 minutes. Be creative!
Ideas for topics:
Textbook
or
http://www.physicsclassroom.com
/class/
7. Make a list of at least 5 careers
that require a deep understanding
of waves. For each job, write a
paragraph describing the job and
explaining what it has to do with
waves. All entries must be
properly cited.
http://www.physics.org/careers.as
p?contentid=381
or
http://www.guidetocareereducatio
n.com/articles/tips-andtools/physics-careers
2. Pick a subtopic of waves that you
are interested in and create a 3-5
minute demonstration of your topic.
Be creative!
3. Create a crossword puzzle
of at least 20 important
vocabulary words from the
Waves unit.
Demonstration example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a
Mp_e4FyJxU
http://new.puzzlemaker.com:8094/?
Or
http://www.crosswordpuzzleg
ames.com/create.html
Wave Demonstration Ideas:
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/demob
ook/intro.htm
5. Create a Jeopardy game with all of
the content we’ve covered in class
about waves. Use a poster-board to
replicate the actual Jeopardy gameshow question board. We might use
this as a review game later in the
unit.
6. Find a current events
article on something that has
to do with waves. Write a 1page report summarizing the
article and describing its
relevance to our unit on
waves.
Ideas for topics:
news.google.com
Textbook
or
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/cl
ass/
8. Explore earthquakes and write a
short report on your findings. Be sure
to include how what we’ve learned in
this class is important to
understanding earthquakes.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/
eqscience.php
and
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topic
s/search.php?sendLevelID=10#topics
9. Choose a subtopic of
waves that you find
interesting and create a poster
that accurately depicts and
describes this topic. The
poster will be presented to the
class and displayed in the
hallway.
http://www.physicsclassroom
.com/class/