By: Joy Lee

• Georgia Performance Standards• Science Processes• Questions• How sound is made• Pitch

• High• Low

• Decibels• Kinds of sounds

• Outside• Inside• Musical• Animal• Favorite

S1P1. Students will investigate light and sound. a. Recognize sources of light. b. Explain how shadows are made. c. Investigate how vibrations produce

sound, d. Differentiate between various sounds in

terms of (pitch) high or low and (volume) loud or soft.

e. Identify emergency sounds and sounds that help us stay safe.

http://www.georgiastandards.org/

Science Processes Observing Classifying Communicating Predicting

Questions What is sound? What do you know about sound? How is sound made?

Sound moves through theair to your

ear.

Sound movesthrough yourear to your

brain.

Now youHear.

Sound is made by:

striking an object.

plucking strings.blowing air across

an opening.

Pitch is how high or low a sound is.Pitch depends on the rate of sound vibrations.The faster the vibration, the higher the sound.The slower the vibration, the lower the sound.

Sound is Measured in Decibels

How Loud Things Are

0

30

65

84

93

110

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

QuietestSound

QuietBedroom

NormalTalking

Traffic Lawn Mower Chain Saw

Dec

ibel

s

Fire engine

Ambulance

Airplane

Helicopter

Talking

Dog barking

Door closing

Telephone ringing

Drum Guitar Piano Trumpet

What are the animal sounds of other languages?

Click on the website to find out.

http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ballc/animals/

What are your favorite sounds?Write the sounds under the correct column.

Soft Sound

Loud Sound

High Sound

Low Sound