Sound
Readiness
TEKS Objective
Explore the uses of energy including mechanical, light, thermal, electrical, and sound energy.
Essential Understanding
The student knows that energy occurs in many forms and can be observed in cycles, patterns, and systems.
Science Background
What is Sound? NOAA (website) - Students learn the basics of sound, including decibel scale, and work through more in depth content.
What is Sound?
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, www.pmel.noaa.gov
Science of Sound in the Sea: Office of Marine Programs (website) - Information about the movement of sound, particularly in oceans.
Science of Sound in the Sea
Office of Marine Programs, www.dosits.org
The Nature of a Sound Wave: The Physics Classroom (website) - Interactive, illustrated explanation and information about sound, how we sense it, sound waves, frequency and more. Includes links to additional resources for teachers and students and teachers.
The Nature of a Sound Wave
The Physics Classroom, http://www.physicsclassroom.com
Signature Lesson
Sound Wave: Utah Education Network (website) - Students explore and describe how sound is produced and learn uses for this type of energy.
Sound Wave
Utah Education Network, http://www.uen.org
Exploring Sound: K8Science (PDF) - Students rotate through stations for each activity below and record what they learn about sound at each station in their science notebooks.
- Supporting Lessons
- Extensions
- Assessment Ideas
- Literature Connections
- Related
TEKS - Additional Resources
Supporting Lessons
The Phenomenon of Sound - Waves: Discovery Education (website) - Students rotate through six “sound centers” and learn that sound is a form of energy that travels in waves through different forms of matter.
Physics at Your Desk, Drumming Fingers: American Physical Society (website) - Students investigate the movement of sound waves through a variety of materials.
Physics at Your Desk, Drumming Fingers
by the American Physics Society, www.physicscentral.com
TEKS Navigation
Grade 5
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