Sound Recognition Students listen to sounds and try to identify what object can make that sound. Sound Discrimination Students listen to sounds and try to find sounds that match. Loud and Soft Students make and then describe loud and soft sounds. Introducing High and Low Using a xylophone, students identify low and high sounds. Sounds and Stories Students add dramatic sound effects to stories and songs.
Students look for vibrations in objects that make sounds.
Like ripples in water, students investigate how sound travels in air, liquid, and solid objects. Students create Big Ears to capture more sound and make a model of an eardrum. Students amplify sounds by increasing an object's vibration or attaching it to another object which makes an even louder noise. Making cup and string telephones, students observe how sound can be channeled as it travels through solids instead of the through air. Students try different techniques of making sounds higher or lower.