Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Vibrations of Sound

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson about sound waves of high and low sounds. Students learn through a website, activites with rope, rulers and rubber bands on cups, and with Audacity software. Lesson is written for early elementary music students but could also be...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Measuring Vibrational Frequency With Light

For Students 9th - 10th
Strike a key on the piano, and you hear the string vibrating. Just about any object vibrates when it's knocked, but how much and how fast? This project helps you find out. You'll build a simple light-sensing circuit for measuring the...
Handout
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Longitudinal Waves and Tuning Forks

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource explores how vibrating objects produce sound waves. The site contains information and an animation.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Sounds Like Music

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Music can loosely be defined as organized sound. The lesson objectives, understanding sound is a form of energy, understanding pitch, understanding sound traveling through a medium, and being able to separate music from sound, can...
Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Ears and Hearing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan investigates sound waves and how the ear hears. Students create a model of the ear using a cardboard tube, plastic wrap, and a sheet of paper.
Article
University of New South Wales (Australia)

University of New South Wales: Introduction to Acoustics of Brass Instruments

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the acoustical properties of brass instruments from this well researched site provided by the University of New South Wales. Everything from lip control to bell shape is discussed as it applies to frequencies and harmonics.
Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Vocal Visualizer

For Students 9th - 10th
Create a vocalizer device out of PVC piping and, with the help of a laser pointer, use it to project a visualization of the sound vibrations you make with it.