Subject/Grade: Science Grade 3 Lesson/Date: Sound Experiment Nov 24, 2020 Time:

Stage 1: Desired Results

Lesson In this lesson, students will experiment with different materials and items to see what things
Overview: make sound and how we can alter the sound by either adding or taking away things from the
different items such as water level in the cups. We will then have a discussion of their findings
as a class, after the experiment is done.
GOs: Students will: Describe the nature of sound and demonstrate methods for producing and
controlling sound.
SOs: Students will:
- Demonstrate a variety of ways of producing sounds, e.g., by striking an empty glass, by
blowing air into a bottle, by constructing and using a device that involves vibrating
strings
Learning Students will:
Objectives  Experiment with different objects such as glasses with water and glass bottles to
understand what that may do to produce sound.

Stage 2: Assessment Evidence

Formative Worksheet that works on prediction Summative
Assessment for the students, class discussion at the Assessment
end of class.

Stage 3: Learning Experience

Prior to Have the different sound producing Resources:
Lesson: items set up, water with glass, water
without glass, glass bottle, Worksheet
hole punched for the students.
Time: Content/Description Differentiation/
Assessments:
Introduction: (Hook): Video of water in glass to be shown at the beginning of
the class. The students will be doing something similar which is why I am
showing this video as it will get the students hyped for what they will do with
me for the experiment.
Review of Previous Concepts/New Learning: A quick review on pitches? The
students seem to understand this for the most part.
Transition
Body:
5 mins Learning Activity 1: The first activity will be the different ways we can make
each sound with different objects. At my desk I will set up the different items that
(Total make sound and will call the different house names up to experiment with them.
20 min) This will happen for 5 mins for each house group. I will be here to help prompt
them to see what happens if we add more water to a glass, or less water to the
glass. The other students will be doing a worksheet of possible predictions of
what might happen.
Transition: After the activity is done, all the students should be seated, and we
transition into the class discussion of what happened.
10 mins Learning Activity 2: The second activity is a class discussion about how the
experiment went. I will ask students questions such as “What would happen if
we added more water to the glass?”, “What would happen if we took away
water?”, “What are some of the other things that we discovered?”, “What would
happen if we did this instead of this?”.
Subject/Grade: Science Grade 3 Lesson/Date: Sound Experiment Nov 24, 2020 Time:
Transition

Consolidation: The discussion above serves as the end consolidation of the

activity.
Review of Key Concepts/Point to Next Class:
Stage 4: Reflection
1. How the students responded to the lesson as planned and taught: The students responded well to the
lesson. They enjoyed the experiment quite a bit and participated well in the lesson for the questioning.
2. Specific strengths of the lesson plan and delivery: I thought the strengths this lesson was the experiment
itself and the questions that I asked the students and their responses.
3. Specific weaknesses in the lesson plan and delivery: I got the timing wrong and ended the lesson a little
earlier than I would have liked. I found the time management to be a little off as I did not expect the students
to finish and answer the sheet as well and as quick as they did.
4. What must be addressed to improve this plan? Some better time management for the lesson, also having
more tricks and activities for the lesson so that if I do finish early, the students don’t lose focus on what we
are doing, and I can keep them occupied in the time period.
5. How I have grown from this teaching experience: Something that I did not consider until my UC told
me is that technically, I am not allowed to leave the classroom so when I left to go fill the glasses up with
water, that was something to consider. Keeping in consideration the idea that I am technically the only adult
in the room.