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How to See Sound

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

How to See Sound

URL:

https://www.readworks.org/article/How-to-See-Sound/d9c42def-497b-4b4c-8502-66fa9a2c1edc#!articleTab:content/

Content Source:

Other
ReadWorks.org

Type:

Learning Activity

Overview:

The teacher will present an informational text from the website, ReadWorks. The students and teacher can interact with this non-fiction text by annotating the text digitally. The students will answer the questions associated with the article as an assessment. This learning activity can be used as an introduction to sound waves, serve as reinforcement after students have already learned this concept, or be used as an assessment at the conclusion of a lesson. This article will describe an experiment that can be performed for students to view the motion of sound waves.

Content Standard(s):

Science SC2015 (2015) Grade: 1	1 ) Conduct experiments to provide evidence that vibrations of matter can create sound (e.g., striking a tuning fork, plucking a guitar string) and sound can make matter vibrate (e.g., holding a piece of paper near a sound system speaker, touching your throat while speaking). NAEP Framework NAEP Statement:: P4.10: Vibrating objects produce sound. The pitch of sound can be varied by changing the rate of vibration. Unpacked Content Scientific And Engineering Practices: Planning and Carrying out Investigations Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect Disciplinary Core Idea: Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer Evidence Of Student Attainment: Students: Conduct experiments to provide evidence that vibrations of matter can create sound. Conduct experiments to provide evidence that sound can make matter vibrate. Teacher Vocabulary: vibrations/vibrate matter sound evidence experiments conduct create Knowledge: Students know: Sound can cause matter to vibrate. Vibrating matter can cause sound. Skills: Students are able to: Conduct investigations to provide evidence that sound makes matter vibrate and vibrating matter makes sound. Make observations that can be used as evidence about sound. Understanding: Students understand that: Sound can cause matter to vibrate. Vibrating matter can cause sound. There is a cause/effect relationship between vibrating materials and sound. AMSTI Resources: AMSTI Module: Sound, Light, and Sky Sound and Light, FOSS Sundial, GLOBE Sky, Delta
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 1	21. Identify the main topic and key details of literary and informational texts. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 21. Identify Main topic Key details Literary texts Informational texts Knowledge: 21. Students know: Main topic of literary and informational texts. Key details of literary and informational texts. Skills: 21. Students are able to: Identify the main topic of literary and informational texts. Identify key details of literary and informational texts. Understanding: 21. Students understand that: Literary and informational texts have a main idea and supporting details.
English Language Arts ELA2021 (2021) Grade: 1	22. Ask and answer questions about key details in literary and informational texts. Unpacked Content Teacher Vocabulary: 22. Ask Answer Questions Key details Literary texts Informational texts Knowledge: 22. Students know: Key details are present in literary and informational text. Skills: 22. Students are able to: Ask questions about key details in a literary and informational text. Answer questions about key details in a literary and informational text. Understanding: 22. Students understand that: Literary and informational text include key details that must be understood to comprehend the text. After reading a text, knowledge and understanding can be expanded by asking and answering questions.

Tags:

experiments, informational text, main idea, sound, vibrations, waves

License Type:

Custom Permission Type
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Accessibility

Audio resources: includes a transcript or subtitles

Comments

ReadWorks is a website that provides K-12 teachers with free literacy resources (About ReadWorks). ReadWorks has literary and informational texts on a variety of subjects and reading skills. You may narrow your search using grade level or Lexile level, making this website a wonderful tool for differentiation. Students will complete their work digitally, and you will provide their score and feedback digitally. This makes it easy to go paperless for this activity.

Prior to implementing this activity, you will need to sign up for an Educator Account on ReadWorks. After setting up an account, create a class from the Class Admin tab, this will provide you with a Class Code to give to students. Next, use the Find Content tab to search for the informational article that will be used during this activity, "How to See Sound." After navigating to the article, click on the blue Assign button to assign it to your class.

Each student will need access to a digital device, such as a tablet or laptop. The first time students enter the website they will need to enter the Class Code that is listed on your Class Admin page. Alternatively, you can print the article and corresponding questions for students, if digital devices are not available. The teacher could also complete this activity by projecting the article and questions for the whole class to view.

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Author:

Hannah Bradley

ALEX Classroom Resource

How to See Sound