Physical Science: Physics · Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation

HS-PS4-1Wave Properties

Performance expectation

Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the period, frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling and transferring energy (amplitude, frequency) in various media.

What NYSED says about assessing it

Clarification statement

Examples of data could include descriptions of waves classified as transverse, longitudinal, mechanical, or standing, electromagnetic radiation traveling in a vacuum and glass, sound waves traveling through air and water, seismic waves traveling through Earth, and direction of waves due to reflection and refraction.

Assessment boundary

Assessment is limited to algebraic relationships and describing those relationships qualitatively.

The three dimensions

Every item written to HS-PS4-1 has to assess all three dimensions together, not the content alone. This is the structural change that made older practice material stop matching the exam.

Science & engineering practice

Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking

Disciplinary core ideas
  • PS4.A: Wave Properties
Crosscutting concepts
  • Cause and Effect

Related performance expectations

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