Vocabulary Word of the Week: Frequency

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Frequency is our vocabulary word of the week.

Frequency means the number of waves that are made over a period of time. Usually when we talk about frequency in science, we’re talking about sound waves and light waves.

Another way to see frequency is to see the ripple in a puddle of water.

Another way to see frequency is to see the ripple in a puddle of water.

Different sounds have different frequencies and some of them can be very hard to hear. To test this, you and an adult will play different frequencies pitches and report if you heard them or not.

Visit this site (http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2011/06/mosquito-ringtones/) and play the different frequencies, note which ones you can hear!

 

Maariyah Mustafa

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Natalie Duerr

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Reem has been a science teacher for the past 15 years in New Jersey. She has taught every age from 4th grade through 11th grade. For 4 years she was the head of the science department. During that time she wrote curriculum from the 1st grade through the 12th grade and mentored teachers. She has a Masters Degree in Teaching from William Paterson and she is now completing her second Masters Degree in Library and Information Science at Rutgers University. She left the classroom this past year to come work with Readorium after she piloted and program and felt that she found the perfect reading program to enhance any hands-on science curriculum.

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