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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.


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