MS-PS4-1

Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave.

  1. Earth

    Explainer: Telling a tsunami from a seiche

    Waves that hit coastlines with ferocious power, tsunamis are one of the planet’s most devastating forces of nature. And seiches: They’re tsunamis little, but still potentially deadly, cousins.

    By Stephen Ornes
  2. Space

    How the outer sun gets so hot

    Magnetic waves boost the corona to extreme temperatures.

    By Stephen Ornes