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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Moving Sound [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
In this lesson plan, 4th graders will use movement and dance composition to aid their comprehension of sound and sound waves.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Intensity and Loudness of Sound

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the intensity of sound and how it relates to loudness, the decibel levels of different sounds, and factors that affect sound intensity.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Sound Waves

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of sound, what sound waves are, how they are generated and what media they can travel through.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Energy and Its Forms

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore the different forms of energy and investigate how the law of conservation of energy plays an important part of those forms.
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Interactive
OpenSciEd

Open Sci Ed: Turn It Up!: Loudness

For Students 9th - 10th
A simulation that shows what happens to a sound wave when the pitch is changed.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: First Grade Science: How Do I Make Sounds?

For Students 1st
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how sounds are created through vibrations.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Physical Science: Characteristics of Sound

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses sound waves and properties of sound.
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Handout
PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Estuaries

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn more about estuaries when you visit this informative site. This resource provides locations of and weblinks to estuaries in the United States.
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Activity
Teachers TryScience

Teachers Try Science: Musical Coat Hangers

For Students 3rd - 8th
From the National Science and Technology Centre in Australia comes this easy experiment that shows how sound waves travel and what materials are good conductors of sound.
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Primary
Other

Noise Pollution Clearinghouse: Aviation Noise Effects

For Students 9th - 10th
Very comprehensive, easily indexed site on the technical, ecological, and physiological effects of aviation noise.
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Handout
Other

Noise Pollution Clearinghouse: Protective Noise Levels

For Students 9th - 10th
Condensed and less technical document by the Environmental Protection Agency covering noise pollution in the United States.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Vibrations We Can See, Feel and Hear

For Teachers K - 1st
This four-part lesson allows students to explore the question of how sounds are made. Using wooden rulers, tongue depressors and tuning forks, students will explore and experience sound. Students will use what they have learned to create...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Sounds: What We Hear!

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will create a descriptive writing about the sounds they hear in a favorite place. This is a good follow-up to a science unit on sound.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Do You Hear What I Hear?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will perform an investigative activity in which they will identify sounds. The teacher will play several different sounds through the computer and sound system. Students will listen and act as "detectives" to relate sounds to...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Echolocation Stations: Exploring Sound

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this lesson students will have the opportunity to explore sound. This lesson should be taught during an ongoing unit about whales. Students will navigate different websites to learn more about whales and sound. This lesson is...
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Animal Communication

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how animals communicate with visual, sound, touch, and chemical signals.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science for Middle School

For Students 6th - 8th
This digital textbook covers core physical science concepts and includes interactive features, real world examples, and videos.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Physics for High School

For Students 9th - 10th
This digital textbook covers core physics concepts and includes interactive features, real world examples, videos, and study guides.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: First Grade Science

For Students 1st
This customizable digital textbook covers topics related to first-grade science. It is Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aligned.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science

For Students 4th
This customizable digital textbook covers topics related to fourth-grade science. It is Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aligned.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Transverse and Longitudinal Waves Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of key terms and skills for waves, including how to identify longitudinal and transverse waves.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Sound Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge of sound with this ten-question quiz.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Sound Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge of sound with this ten-question quiz.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Resonance in a Tube

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the passage "Resonance in a Tube" and complete the five-question quiz to test your knowledge of sound.