TEACHING RESOURCE
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VIDEOS
Explain sound waves with this animation of vibrating keys on a vibraphone. Students will learn about pitch and volume.
WORKSHEETS
Send home a printable set of activities, which include a sound guessing game and making tea in the sun.
Students compare modern and ancient theater designs in order to learn about how sound travels.
Students compare the pitch and volume of sounds produced by different objects. Materials list, advance preparation…
Suggest a family activity to parents that provides a series of home projects and vocabulary words related to light,…
Suggest a family activity to parents that includes home projects and vocabulary words related to sound.
Students practice proofreading in order to explore sound.
Distribute a printable set of vocabulary words related to sound.
Students listen to sound through different materials, observe the volume of sound through air and through wood blocks,…
Students change the pitch of sound produced by vibrating rubber bands and make inferences about the length of a…
The family activity provides a series of home projects and vocabulary words related to light and sound wave energy.
Students draw and label ways to make sounds.
Students design and test a package to insulate the sound from an alarm clock. Materials list, lab hints and tips,…
Distribute a printable set of vocabulary words related to sound, light, and heat.
Suggest a family activity to parents that includes home projects and vocabulary words related to sound, heat, and light.
Students plot animal sounds on a volume graph.
Distribute a printable set of vocabulary words related to light, color, and sound.
Partners use a Styrofoam cup and string to make a model telephone.
Students stretch rubber bands over a shoebox, and compare the sounds made when the rubber bands are plucked.
Students draw things that make soft sounds and things that make loud sounds.
Students draw a musical instrument and describe the sound it makes.
Students use their sense of hearing to identify sounds made from objects placed in containers.
Students write an operational definition of a sound-producing object.