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Sound Energy Unit plan

Pamela Ledbetter, Odette Larroche-Garcia & Julia SpringerEducation 713.22

Table of ContentsMST Inquiry Model: Holistic WebLesson 1:History Sets The Sound SceneAlexander Graham Bell: The First TelephoneLesson 2: Feel the Vibration!What is Sound?How Do We Measure Sound?Lesson 3: Shhh! Did you hear that?How we hear: How does the ear help us hear?Whats that Noise?Lesson 4:Dance to the Music Making Music with InstrumentsLesson 5: Experimenting with SoundScavenger HuntCreating Sound: What Can You Do With Sound?Lesson 6: Mixing Technology with SoundFilamentality Website

Sound the Alarm

History Sets the Scene:The First Telephone

1876Inventions

Patent for telephone filed with the United States government.

1877Incorporation

Formed the Bell Telephone company. By 1880 over 60,000 phones were in the United States. 1878International

Bell demonstrates the telephone to Queen Victoria.

1876First Voice

Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.experiment with the telephone. Speaking through the instrument to his assistant.1875 First Sounds

experimented with twangsusing a technique called "harmonic telegraph

1875Discovery

Graham discovered sound could be heard over a wire. The sound was that of a twanging clock spring.

Sound is caused by vibration. Sound is energy that you can hear. You may a hear a dog barking or a telephone ringing. You may hear music playing or people talking. The sounds different, but they are made in the same way. All sound is made when something vibrates, or moves quickly back and forth. What sounds are these pictures making?

Feel the VibrationHow do we measure sound?

Did You hear that? You hear a sound and turn your head. How did you do that? How did you hear a sound vibration in the air?

Shhh! Did You Hear That?How You Hear

You hear sounds with your ears. Sound vibrations move through the air into your ears. Moving from your outer ear to your inner ear, the vibrations cause the eardrum and the tiny bones in you r ear to vibrate.The inner ear sends signals to the brain.

How We Hear

Dance to the MusicEnjoy a selectionof music with different beats and rhythms, and learn about pitch.

Create instrumentsand use them to play at least three different pitches.

Experimenting with SoundStudents will be instructed to get with their partners for a sound experiment.Materials Needed:Metal Coat HangerStringBowl of WaterMetal SpoonTableChildren will test the sound-vibration that travels from the hanger and metal spoon to their ears while putting their fingers inside with the string attached. They will record what happens in their Science Journals and then other materials will be available to be tested like a muffin tin, a plastic spoon, etc. They will record their findings in a chart (Appendix )

FilamentalityMixing Technology with Sound

Students will be given the laptops and asked to search the Filamentality page set up for them.

In it, they will be asked to find certain sounds and answer questions based on the information on the directed sites.

http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listhearthete.html

Scavenger Hunt:Retrieve the following objects: Ticking clock, Ringing church bell, radio announcement, voice mail messageanimal sounds

The following websites have sounds you can record and/ or listen to and indentify the sounds :

www.nationalgeographic.com Click on kids and find their animals. Then click on sound and video tab.

www.playmusic.orgLearn about instruments as well as hear their sound.

www.fema.gov/kidsLearn about different disasters and how they sound or look .

www.iloveways.com/forkid/nursery/kidsnurseryrhymes.htmListen to sounds of rhymes, animals, nature, people, etc.

www.bronxzoo.comWatch videos about different animals in the zoo and hear the sounds they make.

Bibliography Joseph, Paul .(1997). Alexander Graham Bell. Minnesota: Abdo & Daughters.Bellis, Mary. (2009). The history of the telephone-Alexander Graham Bell: Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray raced to invent the telephone. The New Times Journal. Retrieved May 5, 2009 from About.com: Inventors. http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventors/a/telephone.htm. Cohen, Shannon. (2003). Physics of Sounds: How we hear Soundswww.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2003/4/03.04.03.xhtml.

Science. (2008). Harcourt School PublishersChart1020408

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