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Year 7 · Science

Energy Waves

Year 7 learners practise uses of radio waves ultrasound and microwaves.

The activities include Describe How Waves Transfer Information by Microphones and Speakers, Describe Uses of Ultrasound, Explain How Earthquakes Transfer Energy in Waves, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Describe How Waves Transfer Information by Microphones and Speakers
  • Describe Uses of Ultrasound
  • Explain How Earthquakes Transfer Energy in Waves
  • Explain Uses of Radio Waves and Microwaves
  • Explore How Waves Transfer Information by Microphones and Speakers
  • Investigate the Uses of Ultrasound

Checked learning resources

  • Oak lesson video: Ultrasound

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    KS3 science video lesson. I can describe what ultrasound is and explain its properties, and also describe some uses of ultrasound. Sound waves of frequency below 20 Hz usually cannot be heard by humans, so are called inf

  • Oak lesson slides: Ultrasound

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    KS3 science lesson. I can describe what ultrasound is and explain its properties, and also describe some uses of ultrasound. Sound waves of frequency below 20 Hz usually cannot be heard by humans, so are called infrasoun

  • Oak worksheet: Ultrasound

    Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    KS3 science lesson. I can describe what ultrasound is and explain its properties, and also describe some uses of ultrasound. Sound waves of frequency below 20 Hz usually cannot be heard by humans, so are called infrasoun

  • Sound, light and vision

    Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 Science resource matched to uses of radio waves ultrasound and microwaves.

  • Waves - KS3 Physics

    BBC Bitesize · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 Science resource matched to uses of radio waves ultrasound and microwaves.

  • How to make a loudspeaker

    BBC Bitesize · Video · Opens on the provider website

    KS3 two-minute video demonstrates how a coil, magnet and cone convert an electrical signal into vibrations and a louder sound wave.

  • Waves: seismic P waves and S waves

    BBC Bitesize · Video · Opens on the provider website

    BBC Bitesize video and guide explain that earthquakes produce seismic waves, compare faster longitudinal P waves with slower transverse S waves and show their energy travelling through Earth.

  • Features, properties and uses of the electromagnetic spectrum guide for KS3 physics students

    BBC Bitesize · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Learn about the electromagnetic spectrum, the order of the waves, their uses and dangers with this guide for KS3 physics students aged 11-14 from BBC Bitesize. Key points Electromagnetic (EM) waves The electromagnetic sp