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Loudspeaker

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the different types of loudspeakers and how they work.  In this sound instructional activity students create their own loudspeakers.
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What is a Sound?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the concept of sound. For this sound lesson, 2nd graders discover what sound, vibrations, and pitch are through several experiments. Students watch a Power Point presentation that allows them to complete a graphic...
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A Cup of Sound

For Teachers K - 9th
Students study sound and how it is created.  In this sound waves lesson students complete a lab activity that shows students the variables that affect sound. 
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Changing Sounds

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to sound. In this changing sounds instructional activity, students play instruments to help them hear volume and pitch.  Students use the interactive whiteboard to experiment how change can make sounds go higher or lower. 
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Two Vowels Making one Sound

For Teachers 1st
First graders become word detectives and find words with the vowel combinations: "ee" and "ai". In this phonics lesson, 1st graders read the words they find and create pictionaries of the words read.
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Do You Hear What I Hear?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study hearing and are able to differentiate between different sound waves.  For this sound wave lesson students develop a cause and effect model that shows the parts of the ear. 
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Sound, Heat, and Light

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this sound, heat, and light worksheet, students fill in a KWL chart for what they know, what they want to know, and what they learned about sound, heat, and light. Students complete 3 sections in the graphic organizer.
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Exploring With Sound

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students experiment with sound. In this sound lesson, student tape blocks inside a shoe box and then roll a marble inside. They use the sound of the marble hitting the blocks to discover where they are much like the use of sonar...
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Mysterious Magic

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this salt moving worksheet, students move salt with rubber bands, plastic, cans, and more, but don't touch it. Students follow 5 directions and answer 2 questions, and relate this to sound waves.
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Great Gongs

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this sound worksheet, students use materials such as string, cups, paper clips and more to observe the vibrations made. Students then record their results.
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Sounds Like Science: Drums

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore the science of sound. In this sound lesson, students craft drums from various materials and respond to questions regarding pitch, force, and volume.
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Pitch

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students experience sounds with different pitches. In this pitch lesson, students use open pipes as they are introduced to pitch, then make Straw Pan Pipes.
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The Vibrational Nature of Sound

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students explore the vibrational nature of sound. In this science lesson plan, students gain an understanding of sound frequency, pitch, and conduction using the string telephone, tuning fork and musical glasses experiments.
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Initial Consonant Cluster

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this grammar worksheet, students read and identify squ- words and then, recognize that sq (and q) are always followed by u. They also read a story and highlight all the words that begin with squ. Finally, students complete a crossword...
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Importance of the Ear

For Students 6th - 9th
In this biology worksheet, students identify six important reasons of the ears in humans. They complete a graphic organizer filling in each of 6 circles with one reason of importance.
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Noise and Your Ears: Worth Hearing About

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science learning exercise, students complete various puzzles demonstrating knowledge of the ear and how it processes sound. An illustration of the ear with descriptions of each part is provided.
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How Can Sounds Be Different

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore energy and motion. They investigate how sound energy moves in waves. Students explore how sounds are varied and how the instruments that make those sounds are built. They observe sounds being produced and predict...
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Sound

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate sound and recognize the importance of hearing. They listen to and identify sounds in the environment, classroom, and on a pre-recorded tape. The students classify each type of sound and participate in a Sound...
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Good Vibrations: Building a Wave Model

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners assess and apply recurring patterns in natural systems. They evaluate the wave properties of frequency, wavelength, and speed as applied to sound. Students develop a relationship to quantify aspects of wave motion. They predict...
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Sound And Motion

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars investigate the concept of sound and vibration. They use a tuning fork to make an observation. Students then propose the ideas of different experimental designs to test the concept. The ideas are constructed and then tested.
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Multi-Talented Electrical Energy

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Young scholars explore energy conversions by demonstrating the conversion of electrical energy into light, heat, sound, and magnetic energy. Students create a simple device that converts electrical energy from batteries to heat, light,...
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Vibrating Objects Produce Sound

For Teachers K
Students use many different materials and resources in order to study and identify sounds that are loud or soft, high or low, pleasant or unpleasant.
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Heat and Light Come From Various Sources

For Teachers 1st
First graders study heat and light and how they come from various sources. They list sources of heat and light and identify the different energy sources as heat, light, or both heat and light.
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Vibration and Pitch

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the relation between vibrations and pitch. They observe and discuss an experiment involving a bicycle and a piece of cardboard in the spokes, listen to a comb with cardboard, and listen to various sounds and...