• Identifying pitch and volume as properties of sound

• Distinguishing between pitch and volume of sound

Changing sounds
Students will understand how the pitch of an instrument can be altered.

How Sound Travels
Students will demonstrate that sound moves through different states of matter and observe that sound moves better through a solid than it does through a liquid or a gas.

Tin Can Telephone
Do you get in trouble for spending to much time talking to friends on the telephone? Here is a fun way to find out how sound travels and talk to friends at the same time.

Sound
In this lesson students will understand that sound is caused by vibrations and that the pitch of a sound depends on vibrations.

Sound
This lesson was designed for grade K-3.  The lesson will be taught over a period of three weeks. Students will identify sound vocabulary and that pitch can be high or low.

Understanding Sound
The students will demonstrate their understanding of sound travel by predicting and explaining why you can hear the sound of a train coming when you put your ear on the track faster than you would by the air.

Sound Unit
This unit contains six lessons about sound. Students build a sound wave detector, construct and test a cup-and-string sound carrier, and create string, percussion and wind instruments for a class orchestra.

Let’s Hear It For Sound!
Students will learn about sound, vibrations, and pitch with five activities. The plan includes supplemental pages and an assessment.
 

Sesame Street Sorting Students can visit Sesame Street can play tunes along with various other games.

The Science of Sound This is a series of experiments about sound and its application to animals, musical instruments and communications.

Play a Piano As you play this online piano, you'll see the wave forms as well as hear them.

Science Online A must see! Great site for links to Blueprint Skills, Lesson Plans, Topical Sites, Interactive Websites for Students and Worksheets

What Is Sound Video? This QuickTime video gives an explanation of sound.

Perfect Pitch With this activity students experiment with pitch

Vibrating Violin Students explore vibration by making violins.

Sounds Like Science: Drums Students make drums and experiment with force, pitch, and volume.

The Soundry Covering everything from the most basic concepts of what sound actually is to the specifics of how humans perceive it, The Soundry aims to promote enthusiasm and knowledge of sound.

Science Clips You will find an alphabetical list of science interactive movie clips.
 

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