C.S.I. - VALDOSTAC.S.I. - VALDOSTACool Sound InvestigationsCool Sound InvestigationsC.S.I. - VALDOSTAC.S.I. - VALDOSTACool Sound InvestigationsCool Sound Investigations

Karen Gant, NBCTKaren Gant, NBCTTeacher Resource NetworkTeacher Resource Network

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•Participate actively

•Ask Questions

•Learn by Doing

•Set your learning into action

• Meeting the Standards - GPS• The Crime Scene• Science Journals• K – W –• S.T.C. Overview• Group Activities • Center Investigations• J.O.Y.• The Learning Cycle• Modeling / Making the Band• Reflections

MEETING THE STANDARDS

•DISTRICT•STATE•NATIONAL

S4CS1. Habits of the MindS4CS1.a Keep records of investigations and observations and do not alter the records laterS4CS1.b Carefully distinguish observations from ideas and speculation about those observationsS4CD1.c Offer reasons for finding and consider reasons suggested by othersS4CD1.d Take responsibility for understanding the importance of being safety consciousS4CS3.c Use computers, cameras, and recording devices for capturing informationS4CS3.d Identify and practice accepted safety procedures in manipulating science materials and equipmentS4CS4.c Identify patterns of change in things – such as steady, repetitive, or irregular changeS4CS5.b Make sketches to aid in explaining scientific procedures or ideasS4CS5.c Use numerical data in describing and comparing objects and events.S4CS6.a Support statements with facts found in books, articles, and databases, identifying sourcesS4CS7.a Similar scientific investigations seldom produce the exact same results. Why?S4CS8.a Scientific investigations may take many different forms, including observing what things are like or what is happening somewhere, collecting specimens for analysis, and doing experimentsS4CS8.b Clear and active communication is an essential part of doing science.S4P2 Investigate how sound is producedS4P2.b Recognize the conditions that cause pitch to vary

The CSI Valdosta team of detectives have received tips abouta recent kidnapping.

Our team of Special Investigators report that a

Mr. Spongebob Squarepants was walking through

THE SECRET GARDENthis morning.

Suddenly……..

This symbol will serve as our icon indicating additions to our CSI Word Wall

AND Your Personal Learning Journal

Please add a Mini-Word-Wallto your Learning Journal

WHAT IS SCIENCE INQUIRY?????

• Investigative in nature. Research shows that it is a highly effective way to teach science.

• Structured Inquiry• Guided Inquiry• Student-initiated Inquiry

Please use safe practices

TIME FOR REFLECTION

Sound Center

Vocabulary

vibration

pitch

frequency

volume

Tuning fork

Guiding Question: Does SOUND travel faster through solid, liquid,or gas?

WAVE

decibel

Infrasound

Ultrasound

Think of things you have learned today SO FAR. Then use the letters J-O-Y to write About your thoughts in your notebook.

J-Something you have JUST learned about

O-ONE thing you would like to find out more about

Y-Special things that YOU will share with others

ADAPTATIONSA Quick Study

MATERIALSSpoons

Blindfold

overtones

Engage

xplore

xplain

valuate

nrichment

(Stimulate interest, Identify Misconceptions)

(Discovery Phase)

(Debriefing – Process for making meaningful connections)

(Ongoing formative assessments)

(Take it a little further!!!!)

Focus Activity Purpose Materials

Engage Straw Instrument Demonstration To capture the attention and interest of students

StrawsRulersScissors

Explore Activity- Create and Playing Straw Instruments Through active participation demonstrate elements of an exemplary math/science experience.

StrawsRulersScissorsHandout

Explain Read Aloud – “Sound”Using Features of Nonfiction

Explain what they have discovered, and the instructor leads a discussion of the topic to refine the students' understanding.

PowerPoint, Chart paper

Elaborate “The Remarkable Farkle McBride” Literature connectionDetermiing Importance and synthesizing

Book

Evaluate Make an Instrument Lessons learned. How will this affect my teaching?

A variety of common household materials

Picture-PerfectSCIENCELessons

Using Children’s Books to Guide Inquiry, 3 - 6

1 pinna, 2 lobe, 3 auditory canal, 4 tympanic membrane, 5 eustachian tube, 6 cochlea, 7 auditory nerve, 8 stapes, 9 semicircular canals, 10 incus, 11 malleus, 12 bones of skull

Making A Model Eardrum

-Making Sounds with String-Changing Pitch by Changing Tension-Tuning a Stringed Instrument-How Do Different Strings Sound?-Making Louder Sounds from Strings

Soundboard

Culminating Activity for Sound: GRASPS

Goal: You are demonstrating how vibration produces sound and how pitch varies according to vibrations.

Role: You are producing a sound recording of various objects that make sound by vibration.

Audience: The recordings will be compiled into a class CD andarchived in the media center

Scenario: You have received a grant to produce a recording of objects found in the classroom that make various sounds when vibrated. You will write a narrative explaining the regular function of the object and how you discovered its sound potential. The recording will explain the object, how it makes sound, and how you are able to vary its sound.

Product: Give your portion of the CD a catchy title. After each group has recorded the various objects and their sounds, combine various groups of objects together to create a class musical. Teacher Hint: You may wish to acquaint students with percussion musical productions such as STOMP.

                                Mini Music Makers

Easy to make from empty film canisters and craft sticks. Thanks go to Dawn of Morganton, North Carolina. You need: •Two Empty Film Canisters •Two Craft Sticks •Colored Vinyl Tape •Black Marker or Paint •Rice, Beans, or Beads •Scissors Instructions:Paint the craft sticks black. Decorate the sticks and the containers using colored vinyl tape. Cut a slit in the tops to hold the craft sticks securely. Fill containers half full with rice, beans or beads. Replace the tops. Push in the crafts sticks.

Make a DidgeridooAboriginal Australians made wind instruments from

eucalyptus trees hollowed out by termites.You need:

Empty Tube from Gift Wrap Paint and Brush or Q-tips

Instructions:Using traditional symbols for inspiration, paint a long

cardboard tube. Blow through one end to make trumpet-like sounds.

Share group resultsHow could these activities be best used in YOUR classroom?What are the benefits / limitations?What are ideas for expanding these lesson?

O.W.LWhat did you OBSERVE about the object?What did you WONDER about the object?

What did you LEARN about the object?

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