Light & Sound Unit Day 13
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 too much noise.
2. Watch this video to learn more about how sound works.
3. Use these pages to show what you know about what sounds can be.
4. Finish making your musical instrument and turn it into your classroom teacher or your online teacher.