SC23.1.4: Design and construct a device that uses light or sound waves to send…
Design and construct a device that uses light or sound waves to send a communication signal over a distance.
The Alabama Course of Study: Science (2023) outcome SC23.1.4 (Physical Sciences) for Grade 1 says: “Design and construct a device that uses light or sound waves to send a communication signal over a distance.” This Fieldbook unit teaches it hands-on, with everyday materials and a printable teacher guide and student sheet for every lesson. Official wording: Alabama Course of Study: Science (2023).
Sound: Can You See a Sound? Grades K–2
Can you see a sound? Young scientists make rice dance on a drum, talk through a string telephone and build a rubber-band guitar to find out that every sound starts with something shaking.
- Can a string carry your voice? 45 min
Children build cup-and-string telephones and test them with the string tight, loose and pinched, then compare different kinds of string. They find out that a tight string carries the shake of their voice from one cup to the other.
Printable practice for SC23.1.4
These pages practise a closely related idea; the match to SC23.1.4 is partial.
- Sound: Can You See a Sound? workbook included with the unit
2 practice pages, 2 readings, 1 word wall, 1 English-support page, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.
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Compared with NGSS: 1-PS4-4 (partial).
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