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Alex: Vibrations of Sound Lesson PlanAlex: Vibrations of Sound Lesson Plan
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Alabama Learning Exchange
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Pre-K - 1st
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Alex: Vibrations of Sound

Curated by ACT

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 used in a science class.

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Concepts

vibration

Additional Tags

high sound, low sound, alex, alabama learning exchange, audacity, sound wave

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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