Box+Activities

@http://www.amgen.com/pdfs/aaste/RI-DorisLawson.pdf This activity is specifically designed to help 3rd grade students learn about and better understand volume and pitch and how to change the two on individual instruments and materials such as boxes and nails (of different sizes), glasses with different amounts of water, and a set of tuning forks. Students will be assessed informally by teacher observation and questions regarding how to change pitch and volume, factors which affect the two, and how length of objects can change pitch. Teachers may use a guitar as a closer to the lesson by demonstrating how to create different volumes and pitches on a single string. In place of an actual guitar, I will be using a virtual guitar found at @http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/changingsounds.html.
 * Meagan || **//__Sound - Volume and Pitch__//**

__**Materials Required:**__ Boxes of different sizes (Approximately 5) Nails of different sizes (Approximately 5) Glasses (set of 4; all the same) Foam Squares Food Coloring Tuning Forks Students should have: paper, pencil, and ruler. ||
 * Jessica || **Crowing Cups**
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Students will create an instrument with a cup, string, etc. The students will design the cup so that it looks like a chicken. Students will discover how to determine the pitch and volume of vibrations. Students will watch a video that showcases different sounds and the differences between various volumes and pitches. Students will manipulate the pitch and volume with their instruments. Sound Video __For each student:__ red paper yellow paper white paper or googly eyes plastic cup string paper clip sponges __For the class:__ scissors tape glue pushpin || @http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.howmove.lp_sound/ This lesson is designed to help students understand that vibrations are responsible for the sounds we hear. They will use their senses to explore that sound travels through different mediums. They will use a drum to explore vibrations. Finally, they will design a test that uses senses of hearing to judge the effectiveness of different solids to transmit sounds.
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 * Jamie || **Sound Vibrations**

Plastic Drinking straw Metal Can Large Balloon Chop Sticks/Skewers 3 grains of rice Pencil Paper
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Scissors Instruments-hand durm, drum/tambourine, rhythm sticks, macaranas, bells, wood blocks, traingle Rulers Cd/Radio Player Small Mirror Laser Pointer
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String Metal Coat Hanger (1 per group of two)
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Sound and Solids: Visualizing Vibrations

Understanding Vibration and Pitch

Pitch: Straw Kazoo

Sound and Solids: Listening Stick || This lesson plan is used to teach that sound is produced by energy. Sound is formed by vibrations when some form of energy, such as plucking the strings or a guitar or striking a tuning fork on your shoes, is used to make an object vibrate. They will close their eyes and listen to the sounds around them for one minute and then write a list of sounds they heard.The class will use a series of different sound making devices as they go to different centers around the room. At the end of class there will be a class discussion on what they observed about sound in the different centers.
 * Gretchen || **__Sound is Vibration__**

Wooden rulers Tuning forks Craft sticks Table tennis ball Thread and tape Rubber band Pencil Glass of water
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A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words ||
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