Sound Energy
Troy Jolley
6th grade Science
Hurricane Middle School, Hurricane, UT
Standard
VI. Students will understand properties and behavior
of heat, light, and sound.
Objective 3. Describe the production
of sound in terms of vibration of objects that create vibrations
in other materials.
a. Describe how sound is made from vibration and moves in all
directions from the source in waves.
b. Explain the relationship of the size and shape of a vibrating
object to the pitch of the sound produced.
c. Relate the volume of a sound to the amount of energy used
to create the vibration of the object producing the sound.
d. Make a musical instrument a report on how it produces sound.
C Layer
Students can earn up to a maximum of 75 points
for this layer. (* are required)
Day 1 Topic: Energy
You Can Hear (Do 2 of the following)
_____ a. Participate in the class discussion. (5 pts.)
_____ b. Read pages 180 - 182 and answer the questions. (5 pts.)
_____ c. Create a drawing of a longitudinal wave showing compressions
and rarefactions. (5 pts.)
_____ d. Do the “Finding Out” activity on page 182. (5 pts.)
Day 2 Topic: The Behavior
of Sound (Do 2 of the following)
_____ a. Participate in the class discussion. (5 pts.)
_____ b. Read pages 183 - 185 and answer the questions. (5 pts.)
_____ d. Do the “Activity” on page 186. (5 pts.)
Day 3 Topic: Describing Sound Waves
(Do 2 of the following)
_____ a. Participate in the class discussion. (5 pts.)
_____ b. Read pages 187 - 194 and answer the questions. (5 pts.)
_____ c. Do the “Activity” on page 190. (5 pts.)
_____ d. Make a mobil showing the different characteristics
of a sound wave. (5 pts.)
Day 4 Topic: How Sound
Travels (Do 2 of the following)
_____ a. Participate in the class discussion. (5 pts.)
_____ b. Read pages 193 - 194 and answer the questions. (5 pts.)
_____ c. Create a game teaching about sound. (5 pts.)
_____ d. Make a collage using pictures that describe different
sounds. (5 pts.)
Day 5 Topic: Using
Sound (Do 3 of the following)
_____ a. Participate in the class discussion. (5 pts.)
_____ b. Read pages 195 - 197 and answer the questions. (5 pts.)
_____ c. Make Flash cards of bold
typed words from unit in the text book. (5 pts.)
_____ d. Make a collage using pictures that describe different
sounds. (5 pts.)
_____ e. *Take the unit
test. (25 pts.)
B Layer - Do one of the
following. Students can earn up to a maximum of 10 points in
this layer.
_____ a. Describe what causes the Doppler Effect to occur.
Does the speed of a moving object affect the pitch change? (10
pts.)
_____ b. Write a paragraph (7-10 sentences) explaining how the
speed of sound can change. (10 pts.)
_____ c. Make a list 10 sounds that can be harmful to our hearing
and explain how sounds can damage our hearing. (10 pts.)
A Layer
Do one of the following. Students can earn
up to a maximum of 15 points in this layer.
_____ a. Construct an instrument with at least 5 different
pitches and play a simple tune with it.
(15 pts.)
_____ b. Read a newspaper or magazine article on sound and summarize
the article using a Reading
Summary Sheet. (15 pts.)
_____ c. Write a paragraph (7-10 sentences) expressing your
opinion about sounds and how they can affect our hearing. (15
pts.)
GRADING
A = 96-100 C = 73-76
A- = 90-95 C- =70-72
B+= 87-89 D+=67-69
B = 83-86 D = 64-66
B- = 80-82 D- = 55-63
C+=77-79 F = 54-BELOW
Dr Kathie Nunley
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