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Wonderful Waves

For Students 4th - 6th
In this science worksheet, students perform an investigation about sound waves and vibration. Students use a pan of water and toothpicks to make and observe ripples. Students answer 4 essay questions about their observations.
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What is Sound?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss sound and describe them.  For this investigative lesson students observe sound through their eyes, bodies and ears.
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Sound is Vibration

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners poll what sounds are caused by vibrations in things. They collect a variety of household items to test out their theories. A variety of experiments commence. Discussion of high and low tones occur.
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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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Measuring Vibration of Energy

For Students 10th - 12th
In this chemistry worksheet, students measure the different vibration levels of energy. They use the fundamental vibration frequency formula to calculate the Morse potential for a given chemical bond. There are 2 questions.
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Explore Sound

Sound and Music

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
What causes sound? Groups of sound detectives use a variety of tools including ping pong balls, pasta noodles, raisins, rubber mallets, and a tuning fork to investigate what causes sound. The young Sherlocks conduct a series of...
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Good Vibrations Remote Sensing data Collection: Thermal Emission Spectrometer

For Teachers 4th - 8th
The Mars Global Surveyor spent two years creating a mineral map of the planet Mars using thermal emission spectrometry. To help young astronomers understand this remote sensing instrument, have them simulate how data is collected and...
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Coupled Resonant Pendulums

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students discover every pendulum has a natural vibration cycle that depends on its length.  In this physical science lesson, students participate in an experiment that shows the natural vibration frequency of two pendulums is the same if...
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Phases of Matter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the basic states of matter: solids, liquids and gases. Through experimentation, students determine that liquids and solids have definite volume, that gases do not have definite volume, and that solids have a...
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Exploratorium

Resonant Rings

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Physical or earth scientists construct this clever contraption to demonstrate how size effects frequency. Several paper rings of various sizes are taped onto a board and shaken to create vibrations. The resonant frequencies are easily...
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The Science of Sound and Musical Instruments

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify the components of sound. They describe the relationship between pitch and frequency and explain the terms sympathetic vibrations and resonance. They perform simple experiments about the world of sound and explain the...
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Acoustical Society of America

Tuning Fork Discovery

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
No need for a knife when a fork will do! Groups of pupils first read about the science of sound, and then experiment with tuning forks. Teams gather information about the pitch and length of their forks and compare them to the pitch and...
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Exploratorium

Groovy Sounds

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Make music. Class members construct a simple record player using a paper cone and a pin. The resource provides a description of what is happening and why listeners can hear the sounds through the cone. 
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Acoustical Society of America

Musical Instruments: Part I

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Pupils construct and play various musical instruments made from straws and bottles. They investigate how changes in their instruments result in tone changes. Learners change the lengths and amount of water in the instruments and record...
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The Science of Sound

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this explanation of sound learning exercise, learners discover what sound is, how different sounds are made, frequency, how sound travels, how we hear, and a summarization. In this physical science learning exercise, students answer...
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Bicycle Design and Shock Absorption

For Students 8th - 10th
In this shock absorption learning exercise, student read about bicycle design and how it effects shock absorption. They answer three critical thinking questions about bicycle design which make a bike ride smooth.
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Making Sounds

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students perform three experiments to gain understanding of how pitch changes. For this sound lesson, students create a variety of sounds with different pitches. Students will record their data as the observe the differences in the...
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Living on a Fault

For Students 7th - 9th
In this earthquake worksheet, learners fill in 9 blanks with given terms related to earthquake fault zones, earthquakes and safety related to earthquakes. They also answer 4 questions about earthquake zones, building codes and highway...
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Sound

For Students 6th - 8th
In this physics worksheet, middle schoolers use the clues given on the bottom of the sheet to complete the crossword puzzle on sound. There are 18 clues to solve in the puzzle.
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Sounds Like Great Science!

For Teachers 3rd
A phenomenal lesson on sound is here for your third graders! In it, learners engage in hands-on activities, watch video, take part in Internet activities, and complete tasks in cooperative groups in order to explore the world of sound...
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Perkins School for the Blind

Name That Frequency

For Teachers 5th - 8th
How cool! This plan uses old cassette tapes to show frequency from traveling vibrations. To prepare for the lesson, tactile frequency diagrams are made and then placed near the video tapes or dominoes that are already set up. When they...
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Acoustical Society of America

Musical Instruments

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Mix it up and engage learners in a lesson on music and physical science. Using cups, strings, guitars, and voice, the class will experiment with sound vibration and frequency. They'll use each instrument and fill out a worksheet that...
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Science Lesson for Grade 12

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders perform dihybrid crosses and calculate phenotype and genotype ratios. In this series of science lessons, 12th graders explain the process of anodizing aluminum. They research on the benefits and harm caused by resonance...
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Rubber Band Banza

For Teachers 3rd
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...

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