Sound
Children's Books
Sound and Light: Science Facts and Experiments. By David Glover. Illus. by Multiple. (2002). 32p. Kingfisher, (978-0753455128).Gr. 2-5.
Making a periscope, a rainbow, a sound cannon, and musical instruments can be both fun and educational as children explore the properties of light and sound.
Making a periscope, a rainbow, a sound cannon, and musical instruments can be both fun and educational as children explore the properties of light and sound.
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Light and Sound. By Clint Twist. (2009). 24p. Ticktock Books Ltd, (978-1848980617). Gr. 2-5.
Twist pares the complicated science behind light and sound to essentials that children can grasp through simple question and answer formats.
Twist pares the complicated science behind light and sound to essentials that children can grasp through simple question and answer formats.
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Bangs and Twangs. By Vicki Cobb. Illus. by Steve Haefele. (2007). 48p. First Avenue Editions, (978-0822570226). Gr. 3-5. In a lively cartoon format, Bangs and Twangs introduce young readers to beginning physics through basic explanations and easy experiments of sound.
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The Magic School Bus in the Haunted Museum: A Book about Sound. By Linda Beech. Illus. by Joel Schick. (1995). 32p. Scholastic Paperbacks, (978-0590484121). Gr. 2-5.Learn about sound and how it is made as Ms. Frizzle's class spends the night in a sounds museum that turns out to be haunted.
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Secrets of Sound. By April Pulley Sayre. (2006). 64p. Sandpiper, (978-0618585465). Gr. 5.
Secrets of Sound is a great way to introduce the main ideas such as frequency, waves, wavelengths, and vibrations of animal sounds.
Secrets of Sound is a great way to introduce the main ideas such as frequency, waves, wavelengths, and vibrations of animal sounds.
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Sound and Hearing. By Angela Royston. (2010). 24p. Hodder Wayland Childrens, (978-0750261210). Gr. 2-5.This book looks at the simple idea of sound and hearing with examples from within children's own experience.
Web Sites for Kids
BrainPop Jr - Sound
BrainPop offers a video (and other resources) about sound.
Fling the Teacher - about Light & Sound
This game allows students to answer 15 questions about Light & Sound. It's a fun and comical way to encourage students to be well versed with Light and Sound - so they can "fling the teacher." (A ContentGenerator.net game.)
SOLpass - Sound Activities
Students explore terms, concepts, and various aspects about Sound through multiple games.
BrainPop offers a video (and other resources) about sound.
Fling the Teacher - about Light & Sound
This game allows students to answer 15 questions about Light & Sound. It's a fun and comical way to encourage students to be well versed with Light and Sound - so they can "fling the teacher." (A ContentGenerator.net game.)
SOLpass - Sound Activities
Students explore terms, concepts, and various aspects about Sound through multiple games.
Teacher Resources - Lessons/Activities
Sound Menu
An activity for the students to chose and design a way to show a sound wave/how sound works.
Study Jams, Science: Energy, Light, & Sound
This site can be utilized by both the teacher and the student to assist with sound. It is an entertaining place to watch relevant videos, learn songs, and take tests.
VDOE "Investigating Sound" Lesson Plan
This is a VDOE enhanced scope and sequence 5th grade lesson plan investigating sound and how it behaves.
Sound Made Simple
Activity using various levels of water in glasses.
Sound Matrix
Worksheet that breaks down sound as an overview.
Sound Measuring Up Reading and Worksheets
Virginia SOL workbook pages on sound.
Sound Packet
Worksheets that define the properties of sound.
Sound Study Guide
A worksheet to use as a study guide for sound.
Transmitting Sound Waves Lab
A lab using three different matters to test sound.
An activity for the students to chose and design a way to show a sound wave/how sound works.
Study Jams, Science: Energy, Light, & Sound
This site can be utilized by both the teacher and the student to assist with sound. It is an entertaining place to watch relevant videos, learn songs, and take tests.
VDOE "Investigating Sound" Lesson Plan
This is a VDOE enhanced scope and sequence 5th grade lesson plan investigating sound and how it behaves.
Sound Made Simple
Activity using various levels of water in glasses.
Sound Matrix
Worksheet that breaks down sound as an overview.
Sound Measuring Up Reading and Worksheets
Virginia SOL workbook pages on sound.
Sound Packet
Worksheets that define the properties of sound.
Sound Study Guide
A worksheet to use as a study guide for sound.
Transmitting Sound Waves Lab
A lab using three different matters to test sound.
Teacher Resources - Assessment
Sound Vocabulary Quiz
Quiz on sound vocabulary.
Light and Sound Test
A unit test on Light and Sound.
Quia Quiz on Sound
An online quiz about sound with 15 questions.
Quiz on sound vocabulary.
Light and Sound Test
A unit test on Light and Sound.
Quia Quiz on Sound
An online quiz about sound with 15 questions.