Relate a variety of sounds to their sources, including weather, animal, and transportation sounds.
Lessons
Sound
Students will identify loud and soft sounds; predict high and low sounds; and understand that different pitches are produced from different objects made of different materials.
CANdemonium
Students will use recycled cans to make sounds
Sounds Good to Me
In these activities, students identify and classify sources of sounds.
Resources
Magic School Bus in the Haunted House
When the Magic School Bus Kids play giant musical instruments, they see and feel the vibrations. Your kids can see - as well as hear - the results of vibrations in this activity. Have children work in small groups.
Get an Earful
A game about sounds
Barnyard Match-up
Match the animals to the sounds they make
Bouncing Sounds
Scroll down and find an interactive activity that allows students to bounce the sounds off objects. This is a great activity for teaching a unit on bats. Requires Shockwave
Science Clips
Online interactive science games and quizzes for K-5
I Know that
Students can link to engaging science resources (similar to BrainPop.com in which some activities are offered free)
Science Online
A must see! Great site for links to Blueprint Skills, Lesson Plans, Topical Sites, Interactive Websites for Students and Worksheets
Ear Guitar
This site gives instructions for making an ear guitar.
Special Education Files
Suggestions for Special Education Learners: -Match of sounds to pictures/objects.
-Identify the sounds animals/weather/forms of transportation make.
-Students will show thumbs up if they hear loud or soft sounds.
-Classify animals/weather/forms of transportation by the sounds they make (or type of sound they make...soft/loud, etc.).
-Student acts out an animal or form of transportation while the class guesses what it is.
-Point to a picture of an animal or form of transportation on a page and have the child use words or actions to identify it.
-Students will show thumbs up if they hear loud or soft sounds, pleasant or unpleasant, or high/low pitch.
-Take students outdoors and ask them to listen carefully to all the sounds around them. Later, discuss the different sounds and encourage students to make up sound words for what they heard, make a list of students' invented sound words.
SMART Notebook Activities
ELL Suggestions
Suggestions for English Language Learners (ELLs):
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding) (E/B): Match of sounds to pictures/objects.
(E/B): Identify the sounds animals/weather/forms of transportation make.
(E/B): Students will show thumbs up if they hear loud or soft sounds.
(D): Classify animals/weather/forms of transportation by the sounds they make (or type of sound they make...soft/loud, etc.).
(E/B, D, E): Student acts out an animal or form of transportation while the class guesses what it is.
(E/B, D, E): Point to a picture of an animal or form of transportation on a page and have the child use words or actions to identify it.
(E/B, D, E): Students will show thumbs up if they hear loud or soft sounds, pleasant or unpleasant, or high/low pitch.
(E/B, D, E): Take students outdoors and ask them to listen carefully to all the sounds around them. Later, discuss the different sounds and encourage students to make up sound words for what they heard, make a list of students' invented sound words.
