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Science (2015) Grade(s): 1

SC15.1.1

Conduct experiments to provide evidence that vibrations of matter can create sound (e.g., striking a tuning fork, plucking a guitar string) and sound can make matter vibrate (e.g., holding a piece of paper near a sound system speaker, touching your throat while speaking).

Unpacked Content

Scientific and Engineering Practices

Planning and Carrying out Investigations

Crosscutting Concepts

Cause and Effect

Knowledge

Students know:

Sound can cause matter to vibrate.
Vibrating matter can cause sound.

Skills

Students are able to:

Conduct investigations to provide evidence that sound makes matter vibrate and vibrating matter makes sound.
Make observations that can be used as evidence about sound.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Sound can cause matter to vibrate.
Vibrating matter can cause sound.
There is a cause/effect relationship between vibrating materials and sound.

Vocabulary

vibrations/vibrate
matter
sound
evidence
experiments
conduct
create

Aligned Learning Resources

Do You Hear What I Hear?

Tuning Forks and Vibrations

How to See Sound

Music in Your Ear

Sound StudyJam

Sound Vibrations

Vibration Causes Sound

Musical Instruments and the Science of Sound

Cups & Bands Sound Experiment

Sound Experiment with Rulers

Design by Adaptive Theme