1-PS4-1 lessons
Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.
The Next Generation Science Standards code 1-PS4-1 asks students to: “Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.” These Fieldbook lessons teach it hands-on, with everyday materials, a printable teacher guide and a student sheet.
Sound: Can You See a Sound? Grades K–2
- Can you see a sound? 40–45 min
Children make grains of rice jump on a plastic-wrap drum, pluck rubber bands on a box and twang rulers on the edge of a table. They find out that every sound they make comes from something shaking back and forth very fast.
- 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.
- How do you make a high note or a low note? 45 min
Children build a rubber-band guitar with thick and thin bands and blow across plastic bottles holding different amounts of water. They find out that fast shaking makes a high note and slow shaking makes a low note.
NGSS is used as written in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, so the code 1-PS4-1 matches there. Other states word and number their own versions: see curriculum alignment for your state's codes.
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