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Edu 426 Science Lesson Vibrations Sound Revised Autosaved
Edu 426 Science Lesson Vibrations Sound Revised Autosaved
Low functioning special needs students will participate in a group; auditory, visual
and kinesthetic learners will be engaged by listening to instruction, and by
observing what to do in the experiment and finally by conducting the experiment
for themselves. All learners will benefit by creating a vocabulary card. Advanced
learners can create a melody of their own or work on the computer.
PROCEDURES: Introduction/ Lesson Set Question: Does anyone know what
causes sound? Provide probes (hum, sing a short tune) or enhance student
answers as they respond. Tell the students hum, and let them feel their vocal
chords moving back and forth. Explain that the vibrations produced in their neck
are what produce sound.
PROCEDURES: Body & Transitions *Open video and play, Sounds of Science
Spangler Science TV on YouTube.
* Pass out vocabulary worksheets and construction paper. Instruct the students to
get out scissors and glue to create a vocabulary card.
* Discuss video by completing the vocabulary card as a class.
* Say sound is a form of energy caused by vibrations. P. 218
* Have the students cut out the underlined vocabulary words and have them glue
them down in the terms section.
* Explain and say that sound needs a medium to travel through; however, sound is
mainly heard travelling through the air. P. 218
* Pitch is the measure of how high or low a sound is and is determined by the rate
of vibrations. P.218
(The faster the vibration, the higher the pitch)
* Music is the art and science of combining vocal or instrumental sounds to produce
melody, harmony or rhythm.
* Volume is the measure of how loud or soft something is and it is measured in
decibels.
*Medium- mode by which sound travels. Sound travels fastest through solids, slower
through liquids and slowest through gases.
* Wind instruments produce sound when they are blown, causing the air inside the
instrument to vibrate. P. 218
* Conduct an experiment using recorders and experiment worksheet.
PROCEDURES:
Closure: Sound is a form of energy caused by vibrations. Vibrations are a
movement of air back and forth in a wave that causes sound. Pitch is a measure of
how high or low a not is measured by hertz (Hz.) Volume measures how loud or soft
sound is in decibels. Music is the art and science of combining vocal or
instrumental sounds to produce melody, harmony or rhythm.
ASSESSMENT: Diagnostic: Teacher will ask, Does anyone know what causes
sound? Based off of answers provided by students, I will fill in their knowledge
gaps to bring them along in the lesson.
ASSESSMENT: Formative: The students will create a trifold with vocabulary words,
definitions and pictures. Students will use their recorder instruments to show how
pitch can vary and how volume is demonstrated. Students will also remove the
head of the recorder and blow into it to show that the size of an instrument plays a
role in its pitch. I will be asking questions along the way to make sure the students
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Vocabulary
Sound
Experiment
Play a G note on the
recorder
Play gently.
What happened?