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Sound Waves Lesson PlanSound Waves Lesson Plan
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California Department of Education
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Duration
1 hr
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Direct Instruction
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Sound Waves

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This Sound Waves lesson plan also includes:
  • Tuning Fork Application
  • Note Fork
  • Bell in a Bell Jar
  • Breaking Wine Glass With Voice
  • Natural Frequency and Resonance Power Point (.pptx)
  • Tuning Fork Application
  • Cardtstock Centimeter Ruler (.pdf)
  • Found the Speed of Sound Lab Demo
  • Prelab and Post Lab Instructions (.pdf)
  • Prelab and Post Lab Instructions (.docx)
  • Speed of Sound Laboratory (.docx)
  • Speed of Sound Laboratory (.pdf)
  • Kahoot
  • Answer Key
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Resonate with the class. By watching a couple of videos, pupils realize that sound waves require a medium to travel and can break glass. They then listen to a lecture on resonance and work through a lab to calculate the speed of sound using resonance. Scholars finish by showing what they learned with a digital quiz.

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Concepts

sound waves, longitudinal waves, frequency, resonance, the speed of sound

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Do an activity that allows individuals to see resonance such as Spaghetti Resonance

Classroom Considerations

  • Uses an app found on Google Play
  • The resource is one lesson of four dealing with sound waves

Pros

  • Includes a video to show how to perform the lab
  • Provides a script for each slide in the presentation

Cons

  • None

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