Light & Sound Unit Day 1
Standards Addressed: SC.1.1.1 Sound can make matter vibrate and vibrating matter can make sound
a. plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make a sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.
b. objects can be seen when illuminated
c. investigate the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light
d. design and build a device that uses light or sound to communicate
a. plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make a sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.
b. objects can be seen when illuminated
c. investigate the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light
d. design and build a device that uses light or sound to communicate
Vocabulary: vibration, sound wave, light wave, volume, transparent, translucent, opaque, reflective, illuminate
Driving Question: How can I use sound to communicate without using my voice?
Culminating Project: Make a musical instrument from materials you find around your house and explain how it produces sound.
1. Watch a read aloud story about a little firefly.
2. Watch a video to learn about light.
3. Draw pictures and label examples of objects that are opaque, translucent, and transparent.
4. Optional Activity: Look around your house for objects that are opaque, translucent, or transparent and take pictures of them on your iPad. Send them to your classroom teacher on Class Dojo, Seesaw, or Google Classroom.