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It’s My Party and I’ll Hear What I Want To: Gatsby’s Party Playlists, The Great Gatsby and the Sense of Sound

For Teachers 10th - 11th Standards
Young scholars consider how film soundtracks can help support not only the mood but also the tone of a scene. After viewing two very different trailers for the same film, class members create their own soundtracks for two party...
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Sound and Hearing

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discover how sound is produced by objects and picked up and heard by humans. Using musical instruments, they identify how the quality can affect the loudness, pitch and tone of the sound. They develop their own instrument or a...
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Sound All Around Us

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students make predictions about how sound is formed. They view and discuss a video that explores sound formation and attempt to identify the origin of different sounds.
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Sound: The Vibration of Materials

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students recognize that sound is produced by the vibration of materials. They see that the sound produced is dependent on the type of material that is used. Given four types of material; air, string, wood, and metal, students perform an...
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Where is the Sound Of - m ?

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this phonemic awareness worksheet, students say each picture word and if they hear the /m/ sound at the beginning of the word they circle the first "m." They circle the "m" to the right of the picture if they hear the /m/ sound at the...
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Let's Measure the Speed of Sound

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders measure the speed of sound using scientific investigative techniques.
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Sound and Hearing

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this sound sources worksheet, students color in the pictures of the sound sources. Students then select words from the list to describe the sound each object makes.
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Sound Vibrations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine how vibrations are responsible for the sounds we hear. Students experience vibrations using several of their senses.
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Where is the Sound of - m ?

For Students K - 1st
In this word and letter recognition activity, students examine 7 pictures and words. Students identify whether they hear the m sound at the beginning or end of each of the words.
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Where is the Sound of - l ?

For Students K - 1st
In this word and letter recognition worksheet, learners examine 7 pictures and words. Students identify whether they hear the l sound at the beginning or end of each of the words.
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Where is the Sound of - f ?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word and letter recognition worksheet, students examine 7 pictures and words. Students identify whether they hear the f sound at the beginning or end of each of the words.
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Where is the Sound of - d ?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word and letter recognition instructional activity, students examine 7 pictures and words. Students identify whether they hear the d sound at the beginning or end of each of the words.
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Where is the Sound of - b ?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this word and letter recognition instructional activity, students examine 7 pictures and words. Students identify whether they hear the b sound at the beginning or end of each of the words.
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Speed of Sound

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the phenomenon of sounds traveling slower than light. They discover why they see things before they hear them and how to estimate the speed of sound as homework.
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Sound and Hearing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students form an understanding that there are many different types of sound. The core concepts are presented in the most basic form for elementary school. Also students investigate how sound travels.
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Hear the Wave!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study sound and ear function. In this sound functions lesson, students investigate soundwaves by completing various experiments. Students participate in a number of sound stations and complete the comparison chart with their...
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TE Activity: Pitch and Frequency

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students experiment with a vibrating ruler and a kazoo to study the different pitches and frequencies they produce. They create both high and low pitch sound waves. They examine how engineers use sound energy when designing electronic...
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Did You Hear That? Sounded Like Fluency!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners work to improve their reading fluency. With a partner, they read sentence strips and reread them to make the sentence more fluent and meaningful. Then, with a partner, they read and reread stories together and track their...
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Sounds Like Science - Drums

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students see that understanding how sound is produced makes it possible for us to manipulate it so we can decrease the number of unpleasant sounds we encounter. They make a drum to explore the concepts of force, pitch and volume.
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Experimenting with Sound

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore physical science by completing a worksheet. In this sound perception lesson plan, students collaborate in small groups to research sound properties on the Internet and in libraries. Students conduct a listening...
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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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Changing Sounds

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to sound. In this changing sounds lesson, 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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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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Sound the Foghorn

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /u/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter U. Students then listen to pairs of words and identify which word contains the long /u/...

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