Is It Possible to See Sound?

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Curiosity trigger

The students will build a contraption for watching sound and see that sound is actually a mechanical wave. They will play a game, during which they will imitate a sound wave and sound propagation.

Curriculum and Skills

Work and Life Skills:

Critical thinking and drawing conclusion
Creative problem-solving

In this lesson, you will cover:

NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS:
4-PS4-1. Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move.
4-PS3-2. Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

Common Core State Standards:
MATH.CONTENT.3.OA. Operations & Algebraic Thinking

You will need

cling wrap, a kitchen bowl, sugar or some grain, paper, guitar string

Click here to see lesson plan

Authors

Author: Paweł Sobieszczyk
Methodology: Agnieszka Koszany, Agnieszka Staroń
Translation: Jason Lowther
Producer: Agnieszka Koszany

Source

This lesson plan is a modified version of one created by the Children’s University Foundation under the CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 license.
Image Sound by Jason Corey published on flickr under the CC-BY 2.0 license.

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