Waves in the Ocean (Senior)
- Grade Level: Junior High (7-9)-Senior High (10-12)
- Subjects: Earth Science
- Produced By: Classroom Video
- Year: 2004
- Country: Australia
- Language: English
- Running Time: 24m
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This is a remake of the best-selling 1985 video of the same name. Updated with graphics/animation, exciting new footage and a specific science/physics focus, this film provides an excellent summary of the nature of waves, as illustrated by waves in the ocean. Topics covered include: how waves are formed by the wind; elliptical paths of water particles in a wave; wave characteristics - amplitude, wave height, wavelength, period, speed, frequency; interference; reflection; refraction; diffraction; translatory waves; why & how waves break.