Core Waves: Problem Solving
Core Waves: Problem Solving is a unit of teaching within Core Waves, usually two to four weeks of lessons with one assessment point.
Entity profile
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Unit
Depth 3 in the graph
physics/waves/core-waves/core-waves-problem-solving
2,235
12 topics · 360 concepts · 1,800 micro-concepts
Chapters
Every chapter below is a full entity with its own skills, objectives, misconceptions and resource set.
Introducing Core Waves: Problem Solving
Introducing Core Waves: Problem Solving is a chapter within Core Waves: Problem Solving: a coherent run of lessons that can be taught in one go.
Working with Core Waves: Problem Solving
Working with Core Waves: Problem Solving is a chapter within Core Waves: Problem Solving: a coherent run of lessons that can be taught in one go.
Core Waves: Problem Solving in Context
Core Waves: Problem Solving in Context is a chapter within Core Waves: Problem Solving: a coherent run of lessons that can be taught in one go.
Skills and learning objectives
Skills hang off the entity; objectives hang off the skill; activities and assessment hang off the objective.
Identify core waves: problem solving
RememberIdentify core waves: problem solving accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Identify core waves: problem solving independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Explain core waves: problem solving
UnderstandExplain core waves: problem solving accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Explain core waves: problem solving independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Explain the reasoning behind core waves: problem solving using correct vocabulary.
Activities — Talk-through with a partner · Write a model answer · AI Tutor Socratic session
Assessment — Extended written response, levelled
Calculate core waves: problem solving
ApplyCalculate core waves: problem solving accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Calculate core waves: problem solving independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Compare core waves: problem solving
AnalyseCompare core waves: problem solving accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Compare core waves: problem solving independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Explain the reasoning behind core waves: problem solving using correct vocabulary.
Activities — Talk-through with a partner · Write a model answer · AI Tutor Socratic session
Assessment — Extended written response, levelled
Semantic relationships
Prerequisite and related edges are what make this a graph rather than a menu.
Misconceptions
Stored on the entity so worksheets, quizzes and lesson plans all target the same known errors.
Confident students rush core waves: problem solving and skip the checking step.
Correction — Build in an estimate-before-solve routine so an unreasonable answer stands out.
Learners over-generalise a special case of core waves: problem solving to every situation.
Correction — Present a deliberate non-example and ask why the rule fails.
Curriculum alignment
Curricula, boards and countries are data — adding one never changes the architecture.
IB-439.1
Mapped statement covering Core Waves: Problem Solving.
EDE-238.2
Mapped statement covering Core Waves: Problem Solving.
What comes next
Curriculum order is an edge in the graph, so every entity knows the step that follows it.
Core Waves: Review
Core Waves: Review is a unit of teaching within Core Waves, usually two to four weeks of lessons with one assessment point.
Foundations of Waves
Foundations of Waves is a curriculum strand within Waves — a thread that runs across grades and deepens each year.
Applied Waves
Applied Waves is a curriculum strand within Waves — a thread that runs across grades and deepens each year.
Waves in Assessment
Waves in Assessment is a curriculum strand within Waves — a thread that runs across grades and deepens each year.
Difficulty ladder
The same entity, six levels of demand — easy through to olympiad and exam level.
Scaffolded first attempt with worked support.
Standard curriculum demand, unscaffolded.
Multi-step questions and unfamiliar contexts.
Stretch tasks that need reasoning, not recall.
Competition-style problems built on the same idea.
Board-styled questions with mark schemes.
Learning intent
Not every visitor wants the same thing. Each intent routes to the resource that actually does that job.
Audience views
Core Waves: Problem Solving in Grade 8, surfaced differently for each reader.
AI Tutor context chain
Open the tutor from here and it already knows where you are — this is the sequence it recommends.
- 01Prerequisite lessoncore waves methods
- 02Video explanationCore Waves: Problem Solving modelled end to end
- 03Interactive practiceAnswer on screen with instant checking
- 04QuizTen graded items with hints
- 05FlashcardsRetrieval on a 14-day schedule
- 06Common mistakesThe misconceptions stored on this node
- 07Harder worksheetSame concept, exam-level demand
- 08Past paper questionsBoard questions on this concept
- 09Mock testTimed, marked, with feedback
- 10Book a tutorOne-to-one on exactly this gap
Free Core Waves: Problem Solving resources
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Connected resources
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Concept Explanation
The idea itself, explained from first principles.
Lesson
A taught sequence with modelling and checks for understanding.
Real Life Examples
Where the idea shows up outside school.
Common Mistakes
The misconceptions and how to correct them.
AI Tutor
Socratic one-to-one practice on this exact idea.
Quiz
Graded retrieval with hints and explanations.
Question Bank
Every question filtered to this entity.
MCQs
Multiple choice items with distractor analysis.
True or False
Fast misconception checks.
Fill in the Blanks
Cloze items for vocabulary and method.
Matching
Pair terms, models and definitions.
Short Questions
One to three mark responses.
Long Questions
Extended responses with method marks.
Exam Questions
Board-styled questions and command words.
Past Papers
Authentic papers filtered to this entity.
Solved Papers
Full worked solutions and examiner notes.
Frequently asked
- What sits underneath Core Waves: Problem Solving in the knowledge graph?
- 0 domains, 0 strands, 0 units, 3 chapters, 12 topics, 60 subtopics, 360 concepts and 1,800 micro-concepts — every one of them carrying its own worksheets, quizzes, flashcards, lesson plans and AI tutoring.
- What should a learner already know before Core Waves: Problem Solving?
- The graph lists Core Waves: Methods, Core Waves: Building Blocks, Foundations of Waves as prerequisites. Each links to its own practice so a gap can be closed before moving on.
- Which grades is Core Waves: Problem Solving taught in?
- Typically Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, though every resource can be regenerated for any grade in the platform.
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