Sound
Students will identify loud and soft sounds; predict high and low sounds; and understand that different pitches are produced from different objects made of different materials.

Magic School Bus in the Haunted House
When the Magic School Bus Kids play giant musical instruments, they see and feel the vibrations. Your kids can see - as well as hear - the results of vibrations in this activity. Have children work in small groups.

Sounds Good
Students will recognize sounds as loud or soft; classify sounds as pleasant or unpleasant; and recognize sound as high or low pitched.

CANdemonium
Students will use recycled cans to make sounds

Sounds Good to Me
In these activities, students identify and classify sources of sounds.

Sound and Hearing
In this unit children develop their understanding of the huge variety of sounds and sources of sound they encounter.
 

Get an Earful A game about sounds

Barnyard Match-up Match the animals to the sounds they make  

Bouncing Sounds Scroll down and find an interactive activity that allows students to bounce the sounds off of objects. Great for teaching a unit on bats. Requires Shockwave

Science Clips Online interactive science games and quizzes for K-5

I Know that Students can link to engaging science resources (similar to BrainPop.com in which some activities are offered free)

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

Ear Guitar
This site gives instructions for making an ear guitar.

Suggestions for English Language Learners (ELLs):
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding) 

(E/B): Match of sounds to pictures/objects.
(E/B): Identify the sounds animals/weather/forms of transportation make.
(E/B): Students will show thumbs up if they hear loud or soft sounds.
(D): Classify animals/weather/forms of transportation by the sounds they make (or type of sound they make....soft/loud, etc.).
(E/B, D, E): Student acts out an animal or form of transportation while the class guesses what it is.
(E/B, D, E): Point to a picture of an animal or form of transportation on a page and have the child use words or actions to identify it.
(E/B, D, E): Students will show thumbs up if they hear loud or soft sounds, pleasant or unpleasant, or  high/low pitch.
(E/B, D, E): Take students outdoors and ask them to listen carefully to all the sounds around them. Later, discuss the different sounds and encourage students to make up sound words for what they heard. make a list of students' invented sound words.


 

© 2005 Mobile County Public Schools
 MCPSS is not responsible for the content of links beyond the initial levels
  in this site and does not officially endorse any software or other products mentioned 
on the linked sites.