Unit r5, Lesson 10 light and Sound-3rd Grade

Open Ended

Why do you think understanding the characteristics of sound is important in our daily lives?

Open Ended

Explain how listening to a story about sound qualities can help you understand the characteristics of sound.

Open Ended

Describe one way you can use language skills to better understand the topic of sound.

Fill in the Blanks

The speed of sound is

than the speed of light.

Multiple Select

Select all the words that are related to the characteristics of sound.

• Pitch

• Volume

• Intense

• Damage

Multiple Choice

Which vocabulary word describes how high or low a sound is?

• Pitch

• Volume

• Intense

• Damage

Multiple Choice

What is volume?

• Volume is how high or low a sound is.

• Volume is the intensity of a sound.

• Volume is how long or short a sound wave is.

• Volume is how fast sound travels through a medium.

Open Ended

How does the length of sound waves affect pitch?

Open Ended

Describe what is happening in the orchestra scene and how it relates to the characteristics of sound.

Fill in the Blanks

The word used to describe how often a sound wave repeats is

.

Multiple Choice

Which vocabulary word refers to a person who studies or works with hearing and sound?

• audiologist

• composing

• frequency

• intensity

Open Ended

What might be different about the sounds you hear in the city compared to the sounds you hear in a concert hall?

Multiple Select

Which of the following are characteristics of sound that can be observed in both the street scene and the concert hall?

• Frequency

• Intensity

• Color

• Pitch

Open Ended

How do the qualities of sound change as you move from a busy street to a concert hall?

Multiple Choice

Which image best represents the concept of 'composing' as it relates to sound?

• Vocabulary list

• Reading about sound

• Street scene

• Violinist playing

Multiple Choice

What device is shown in the first image, and what is its primary function?

• Hearing aid, helps people hear better

• Microphone, amplifies sound

• Stethoscope, listens to heartbeats

• Speaker, plays music

Multiple Choice

What is one main difference between the sound produced by the violin and the tuba, as shown in the images?

• The tuba produces a lower pitch than the violin.

• The violin is louder than the tuba.

• The tuba is smaller than the violin.

• The violin is played with air.

Open Ended

How do the images of the orchestra and the sound waves help explain how we hear different instruments in a concert?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best describes what happens when a drum is hit harder, as shown in the images?

• The sound becomes louder and the vibrations increase.

• The drum changes color.

• The drum stops making sound.

• The drum gets smaller.

Open Ended

List two ways that sound can be changed, based on the images of the drums and instruments.

Fill in the Blanks

When the size of the drum changes, the pitch of the sound it makes also changes. A larger drum produces a

sound.

Open Ended

After learning about the characteristics of sound, what questions do you still have or what would you like to learn more about?

Open Ended

What is one characteristic of sound that you learned about in today's lesson?