Back in the Groove
This is a great activity for investigating sound. It might just be a history lesson about records for your students; and you can tell them, “No, this will not work with CDs.”
Standards
Idea Sheets are cross-referenced to subjects listed in the Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, and California Content Standards.
Science and Engineering Practices: 1. Asking Questions and Defining Problems 2. Developing and Using Models 3. Planning and Carrying Out Investigations 4. Analyzing and Interpreting Data 5. Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking 6. Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions 7. Engaging in Argument from Evidence 8. Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information ||Next Generation Science Standards||Grade 2||Science and Engineering Practices|||Science and Engineering Practices: 1. Asking Questions and Defining Problems 2. Developing and Using Models 3. Planning and Carrying Out Investigations 4. Analyzing and Interpreting Data 5. Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking 6. Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions 7. Engaging in Argument from Evidence 8. Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information ||Next Generation Science Standards||Grade 3||Science and Engineering Practices|||Use a model to describe that animals’ receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.||Next Generation Science Standards||Grade 4||Life Science||From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes |||Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents. ||Next Generation Science Standards||Grade 4||Physical Science||Energy |||Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another. [Examples : electric circuits that convert electrical energy into motion energy of a vehicle, light, or sound; and, a passive solar heater that converts light into heat. Examples of constraints: materials, cost, or design time.] ||Next Generation Science Standards||Grade 4||Physical Science||Energy |||Develop a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength and that waves can cause objects to move. ||Next Generation Science Standards||Grade 4||Physical Science||Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer|||Science and Engineering Practices: 1. Asking Questions and Defining Problems 2. Developing and Using Models 3. Planning and Carrying Out Investigations 4. Analyzing and Interpreting Data 5. Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking 6. Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions 7. Engaging in Argument from Evidence 8. Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information ||Next Generation Science Standards||Grade 4||Science and Engineering Practices|||Science and Engineering Practices: 1. Asking Questions and Defining Problems 2. Developing and Using Models 3. Planning and Carrying Out Investigations 4. Analyzing and Interpreting Data 5. Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking 6. Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions 7. Engaging in Argument from Evidence 8. Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information ||Next Generation Science Standards||Grade 5||Science and Engineering Practices|||Develop & use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials. [Both light & mechanical waves. ] ||Next Generation Science Standards||Middle School||Physical Science||Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer |||Integrate qualitative scientific & technical information to support the claim that digitized signals (sent as wave pulses) are a more reliable way to encode & transmit information. ||Next Generation Science Standards||Middle School||Physical Science||Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer |||Science and Engineering Practices: 1. Asking Questions and Defining Problems 2. Developing and Using Models 3. Planning and Carrying Out Investigations 4. Analyzing and Interpreting Data 5. Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking 6. Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions 7. Engaging in Argument from Evidence 8. Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information ||Next Generation Science Standards||Middle School||Science and Engineering Practices|||Science and Engineering Practices: 1. Asking Questions and Defining Problems 2. Developing and Using Models 3. Planning and Carrying Out Investigations 4. Analyzing and Interpreting Data 5. Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking 6. Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions 7. Engaging in Argument from Evidence 8. Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information ||Next Generation Science Standards||High School||Science and Engineering Practices
1.g. Sound is made by vibrating objects and can be described by its pitch and volume.||CA Science||Grade 2||01. Physical Sciences||1. The motion of objects can be observed and measured.|||1.d. Energy can be carried from one place to another by waves, such as water waves and sound, by electric current, and by moving objects.||CA Science||Grade 3||01. Physical Sciences||1. Energy and matter have multiple forms and can be changed from one form to another.|||3.a. Energy can be carried from one place to another by heat flow, or by waves including water waves, light and sound, or by moving objects.||CA Science||Grade 6||03. Heat (Thermal Energy) (Physical Science)||3. Heat moves in a predictable flow from warmer objects to cooler objects until all objects are at the same temperature.|||4.d. Sound is a longitudinal wave whose speed depends on the properties of the medium in which it propagates.||Grade 9-12||01. Physics||4. Waves||4. Waves have characteristic properties that do not depend on the type of wave.
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