Lesson Plan

The Science of Sound Lesson Plan: Bigs Edition

Measure waves, decibels and echoes, then calculate the speed of sound yourself.

This is the Bigs Edition of The Science of Sound: one ready-to-teach week written just for grades 7-8. Every day follows the same rhythm: Reading on Monday, Writing and Words on Tuesday, Science and Math on Wednesday, a Hands-on Project on Thursday, and Show and Tell on Friday.

The big question: How fast does sound travel, and what do frequency and amplitude really change?

The Week

• Mon: What a Wave Is (Reading) • Tue: The Decibel Debate (Writing & Words) • Wed: Length and Frequency (Science & Math) • Thu: Clap, Echo, Calculate (Hands-on Project) • Fri: Sound Science Briefing (Show & Tell)

Teaching more than one level? The all-levels edition of The Science of Sound has Littles (K-3), Middles (4-6) and Bigs (7-8) in one file, so siblings or a mixed classroom can study the same topic together.

Perfect for homeschool families, grade 7-8 classrooms, co-ops and substitute plans.

What's inside

• 5 ready-to-teach days for Bigs (grades 7-8), about 90 to 120 minutes a day
• Lab sheet: Straw Pipes: Length and Frequency
• Sequence cards (From Vibration to Brain Signal) and a cut-and-sort page (Pitch, Loudness or Speed?)
• Writing page: Should Noise Have Limits?
• Hands-on project: Clap, Echo, Calculate
• Word search, crossword, scramble and secret code puzzles
• 8 fact cards, 9 vocabulary cards and a book list of 4 titles
• A certificate and an answer key for the grown-up

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