TITLE OF LESSON PLAN: The Phenomenon of Sound: Waves LENGTH OF LESSON: Two class periods SUBJECT AREA & GRADE LEVEL: 4-6 Physical Science CREDIT: Joyce Nelson Bailey, master science teacher, nature lover, and freelance science writer. Tracy Coulson, middle school special education MATERIALS: teacher, Fairfax County Schools, Virginia. For this lesson, you will need: Drum OBJECTIVES: A few paper clips Students will Tuning fork understand that sound is a form of Basin of water energy that travels in waves referred to Rubber band strung between two pegs or as compressional waves nails understand that sound waves can travel Metal fork and spoon through different mediums, including Steel yardstick or ruler solids, liquids, and gases Musical instruments or a musical tape, understand and observe that sound record, or CD waves travel in a given direction until an A slinky outside force or object gets in the way of A set of glasses and a spoon for each its motion and reflects it group of students observe a variety of sound waves in lab Six copies of the Sound Waves Seen stations and record their observations in activity sheet for each student. a wave booklet PROCEDURE: 1. Note: This lesson involves students working with a variety of lab stations. Be sure to prepare these stations before beginning the lesson. See number 7 below for a description of the lab activities. Prior to this activity, students should understand that sound is a form of energy that travels in invisible waves. They should understand what a vibration and a medium are. They should understand that when a vibration travels through the air and into the ear canal it vibrates the eardrum, and they should understand that the vibration of vocal chords creates our voice. Tell students that through some in-class experiments they are going to learn about sound as a form of energy and how that energy travels. Begin the lesson by introducing a short piece of recorded music to the class, either from a tape, record, or CD.
TITLE OF LESSON PLAN: The Phenomenon of Sound: Waves LENGTH OF LESSON: Two class periods SUBJECT AREA & GRADE LEVEL: 4-6 Physical Science CREDIT: Joyce Nelson Bailey, master science teacher, nature lover, and freelance science writer. Tracy Coulson, middle school special education teacher, Fairfax County Schools, Virginia. OBJECTIVES: Students will understand that sound is a form of energy that travels in waves referred to as compressional waves understand that sound waves can travel through different mediums, including solids, liquids, and gases understand and observe that sound waves travel in a given direction until an outside force or object gets in the way of its motion and reflects it observe a variety of sound waves in lab stations and record their observations in a wave booklet MATERIALS: For this lesson, you will need: Drum A few paper clips Tuning fork Basin of water Rubber band strung between two pegs or nails Metal fork and spoon Steel yardstick or ruler Musical instruments or a musical tape, record, or CD A slinky A set of glasses and a spoon for each group of students Six copies of the Sound Waves Seen activity sheet for each student. PROCEDURE: 1. Note: This lesson involves students working with a variety of lab stations. Be sure to prepare these stations before beginning the lesson. See number 7 below for a description of the lab activities. Prior to this activity, students should understand that sound is a form of energy that travels in invisible waves. They should understand what a vibration and a medium are. They should understand that when a vibration travels through the air and into the ear canal it vibrates the eardrum, and they should understand that the vibration of vocal chords creates our voice. Tell students that through some in-class experiments they are going to learn about sound as a form of energy and how that energy travels. Begin the lesson by introducing a short piece of recorded music to the class, either from a tape, record, or CD.
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