Third graders review ideas about sound and vibration to make their own stringed instrument. They review what a pictograph and bar graph are. Pupils conduct a survey within the classroom to choose the four favorite string instruments and...

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...

Third graders measure the speed of sound using scientific investigative techniques.

In this secondary mathematics instructional activity, students use the given information regarding a rocket’s distance and time to calculate the speed of sound.  The one page instructional activity contains one problem with the...

Learners explore the senses. In this Applied Science instructional activity, students investigate the items in "feely" boxes with their hands, both touching the items and shaking the boxes to hear the sound the items make. Learners also...

Students explore how the sense of hearing helps us learn from each other through communication. Sound can produce patterns.

In this creative science activity from Scientific American, students learn more about hearing with two ears and make a hands-on exploration of how sound is located. Excellent web link resources are also provided.

Pupils determine whether a sound is in the beginning,

Students identify sounds in their environment and acquire listening and inferring skills.

In this music activity, 11th graders incorporate fractions into their music scales and counting scales. They listen to the music being played and relate it to sine waves reviewing the trig function. There are 11 questions involving sine...

Can you determine how far down a rock drops without visual clues? Viewers observe a clip from a movie testing vertical distance only based on sound. They must determine if it is safe to drop down themselves or if it is farther than their...

Students strike a tuning fork and dip it in water. They sprinkle cereal flakes on a drum, than tap the top of the drum. Students stretch a rubber band between two fingers and pluck it; stretch the elastic farther and pluck it again. Then...

Students study the basic skills of algebraic manipulations. They practice the application of basic mathematics in science and determine the nature of good acoustics. They develop proposals for providing good acoustics and identify...

Students explore human senses. In this applied Science lesson, students utilize their senses to distinguish various objects. Students explain their descriptions.

Counting is the theme of this compilation of ESL lessons. Through listening, speaking, and moving, your young learners take part in a variety of activities to enhance their English proficiency such as making menus and books,...

The Magic Pot by Patricia Coombs is the theme of this multidisciplinary lesson plan. Early readers first take part in a read aloud and grand conversation about the story's details. Then, they get to work practicing their skills in...

In this Guinea Pig themed lesson plan, students hear the story, Guinea Pigs Add UP! and then engage in several themed learning activities. Each activity fosters skills in letter/number recognition, art, math or writing.  

Students name the vessels and parts of the heart. They trace the path of blood through the heart. Students examine the function of the circulatory system. They recognize the differences between a hear when the body is at rest opposed to...

Students discover Mexican culture by reading and cooking.  In this Central American History activity, students read the book Holy Mole, and analyze the story by answering questions about plot, characters and even sound effects they...

Students explore encryption. They discuss the importance of cryptography in our daily lives. Students use games and cryptography to discover transformational geometry and modulo systems. They design their own encryption puzzles and...

Young scholars discover patterns in language, math and science. They experience patterns by hearing stories, and becoming pattern detectives.

Students repeat patterns while listening to music. In this patterning instructional activity, students listen to a pattern on a tape of music and reproduce it by clapping or stamping their feet. They listen to stories about famous...

In this motion and rhythmic patterns activity, learners solve math patterns based on sounds and motions. Students circle the next sounds or motions in the patterns.

In this math and Language Arts worksheet, students mark the vowel sound they hear for each picture and write a sentence about a picture. Students also use a graph to answer three questions.