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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).
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).
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Vocabulary
- vibrations/vibrate
- matter
- sound
- evidence
- experiments
- conduct
- create
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.
Scientific and Engineering Practices
Planning and Carrying out Investigations
Crosscutting Concepts
Cause and Effect
