Sound Energy Two Lesson Unit: Lesson Plan, Printables, Powerpoint and Quiz

Sound Energy Two Lesson Unit: Lesson Plan, Printables, Powerpoint and Quiz

This comprehensive teaching resource introduces the concept of sound energy to grade 4 and grade 5 students. The Sound Energy mini-unit is divided into two distinct lesson plans supplemented with 10 printable worksheets, an animated powerpoint presentation, and an informative quiz.

Lesson Plan One

The first part of the unit includes a smooth flow PowerPoint presentation which details fundamental concepts using sounds on most slides for an immersive learning experience.

Lesson Plan Two

The second lesson encourages hands-on learning through interactive science stations investigations or individual review worksheets. Material requirements are basic school items like tuning forks; rulers; rubber bands; cup of water; shoe box or tissue box etc.

• Vibrations - analyzing vibrations using tuning forks in a water cup


• Pitch Changes - exploring changes in pitch by altering strings attached to a box using rubber bands

Added bonuses: STEAM Activity & Reading Comprehension Sheets

An additional offering is a STEAM activity encouraging children to create their own musical instruments at home for extra credit, thereby enhancing practical understanding outside class hours!

Included in this comprehensive unit:

- Two Lesson Plans

- 30 slide power point with amazing animations timed perfectly to built in sounds

*************PLUS 12 more printable pages or worksheets including:*************

- Lesson Summarizer (writing prompt): How is sound energy created and what determines pitch?

- Student Learning Map / Interactive Notebook note-taker (with images) for use during the powerpoint

***Four Science Stations (materials required are tuning forks, a cup of water, rulers, a wire hanger with two strings of yarn attached to the hanger, rubber bands, and a shoe box or tissue box)***

- Station 1 – Tuning Forks - observe, think and respond to vibrations and sounds waves

- Station 2 – Make a Stringed Instrument – vibration, pitch and frequency observation activity

- Station 3 – Good vibrations – observing rulers vibrating, and determining its affect on pitch and frequency activity

- Station 4 – Wire Hanger Sound Waves – making observations activity as it relates to vibrations and sound waves and sound energy in solid molecules

- Sound Energy And The Vibrations That Cause It: reading comprehension worksheet

- The Pitch And Frequency of Sound: reading comprehension response worksheet

- High Pitch or Low Pitch – compare and respond worksheet

- Make Your Own Instrument STEAM activity with directions and student response page

- Unit Assessment: two page, thirteen question assessment with fill in the blank, true false, multiple choice and a short answer question.

Your students will absolutely love the carefully timed animations with built in sounds in the colorful power point with custom clipart and the learning activities they will find in this excellent two lesson mini-unit. They will learn a lot from the printable pages and you will have plenty of grading opportunities from this product as well, whether it is from one of the reading comprehension worksheets, energy stations, or the unit assessment. I know you and your students will love this product, and truly understand this concept on a much deeper level due to the resources included in this product, I guarantee it!