Sound provides us with different types of communication.           

To complete the assignment you will need to know the meaning of the following terms: a) Enjoyment:  Something that gives pleasure or satisfaction b) Ambiance:  a feeling or mood associated with a certain place, person, or thing : atmosphere-- The restaurant's soft music and candlelight gave it a calm ambience. c) Navigation:  the practice of steering, or finding a way through. 

 Go to Google Classroom.  Under the topic of Science complete the assignment for Lesson 1:  How We Use Sounds-- PART 1.   When you are finished turn it in for grading.

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Have you ever wondered how you are able to hear sounds?  If you are thinking about vibrations and waves helping you hear sounds you are definitely on the right track!

Watch the video below titled, "What is Sound?" to help you understand how we hear sounds.

Sound is produced through vibrations through materials, air, gases and liquids.  These vibrations bounce off the eardrum and come to us by different sounds.  This is the same process by which most animals hear sounds.  However, insects and animals have different hearing levels than humans do.

For example, elephants are able to hear very low sounds that humans cannot hear.  Crickets can hear using their legs.  There are thin membranes on their front legs that pick up the vibrations of sound.  Cats, dogs, and dolphins are able to hear sound at a much higher frequency than people can.

Watch the video, "How Animals Hear" to help you understand how animals hear sound.  If you are really interested in how animals hear sound, watch the video "9 Weird Ways Animals Communicate".

Go to Google Classroom to complete the assignment called, "Lesson 1:  How We Use Sounds-- PART 2".          When you have finished the assignment turn it in for grading.

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  We have been learning how we hear sounds and how animls communicate.

In this lessons we are learning about the different meanings of sounds and how to tell if a sound is artificial or natural.

 Watch the video below that explains how sounds are made.  Watch the second video to try to identify if the sounds are artificial or natural.

Go to Google Classroom to complete the assignment called, "Lesson 2:  What Meanings Do Sounds Have?".  When you have finished the assignment turn it in for grading.

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In the last two lessons we have been learning how sound is used to communicate and how sounds have meaning.

In this lesson we are going to investigate the different uses and meanings of music.

Watch the videos below that show how instruments can imitate nature.

Go to Google Classroom to complete the assignment called, "Lesson 3:  How is Music Important to You?".  When you have finished the assignment turn it in for grading.

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In the previous lessons, you thought about different sounds.  Sounds can be grouped and identified in many ways.  All of these different sounds have properties in common.  Now you will start learning about the science of sound.   You will be learning some of the ways that science describes sound, and how science explains sound's properties.

 To learn about the properties of sound you will be doing an experiment at home using items around the house. 

Go to Google Classroom to complete the assignment called, "Lesson 4:  How Does Science Explain Sound?"  Make sure that you answer the reflection questions at the end of the experiment.   When you have finished the assignment turn it in for grading.

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 In the last lesson we discovered that sound is caused because of vibrations.

In this lesson you are going to learn more about sound waves as they travel through matter in different directions.

Watch the videos below demonstrating how sound can pass through many different materials.

To learn more about sound waves you will be making your own musical instrument from items you have around the house.  You can create the musical instrument from the video below or you can create a kazoo from the directions I have posted in Google Classroom.

Go to Google Classroom to complete the assignment called, "Lesson 5:  How Can Vibrations Be Musical?".  Make sure that you answer the reflection questions at the end of  the reading task and at the experiment.   When you have finished both parts of the assignment, turn them both in for feedback and grading.

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 In this lesson we explore the sense organs that detect sound.

To help you understand how the ears work to help us hear sounds, watch the video below.

For the assignment to learn more about how the ear works you will be writing the steps to show that you understand how we hear.

You will also be researching an animal and presenting what is special about how that animal hears and what you could design to help this animal hear even better.

Go to Google Classroom to complete the assignment called, "Lesson 6:  How Do We Hear Sound?"   Make sure that you answer the reflection questions at the end of  the reading task.  When you have finished both parts of the assignment, turn them both in for feedback and grading.

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 In this lesson we will explore the relationship between vibrations and pitch.

Vibrations can be fast or slow.  How fast a sound vibrates determines the pitch (high or low) of a sound.

Watch the video below that explains how vibrations can determine the pitch of a sound.

For this lesson's assignment,  you will be performing an experiment with a ruler and 3 heavy books to explore how a change in vibration changes the pitch of a sound.

Go to Google Classroom to complete the assignment called, "Lesson 7:  How Does Vibration Affect Pitch?"   Make sure that you answer the reflection questions at the end of  the experiment.  When you have finished the assignment, turn it in for feedback and grading.

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 In this lesson we will explore different sounds from different instruments.

Vibrations can be fast or slow.  How fast a sound vibrates determines the pitch (high or low) of a sound.

Watch the video below that explains how vibrations can determine the pitch of a sound.

For this lesson's assignment,  you will be performing an experiment with a ruler and 3 heavy books to explore how a change in vibration changes the pitch of a sound.

Go to Google Classroom to complete the assignment called, "Lesson 7:  How Does Vibration Affect Pitch?"   Make sure that you answer the reflection questions at the end of  the experiment.  When you have finished the assignment, turn it in for feedback and grading.

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In this lesson we will explore how shape and size affect sound in instruments.

A brass instrument, such as a trumpet, uses a hollow space to amplify sound.  AMPLIFY means to make it louder.  Brass instruments come in many shapes and sizes.  Watch the video below called, "Brass Instruments for Kids" to discover if the size and shape of the brass instrument affects its sound.  Why do you think a tuba and a trumpet sound differently?

For this assignment you will be building "howlers" using cups and string to see how their size and shape change their sound.  Watch the video below called "Tin Can Howler" to compare the howler you make to the howler in the video.

Go to Google Classroom to complete the assignment called, "Lesson 8:  How Do Shape and Size Affect Sound?"   Make sure that you answer the reflection questions at the end of  the experiment.  When you have finished the assignment, turn it in for feedback and grading.

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In this lesson we are going to determine how materials affect the way sound travels.

You already know that sound travels as vibrations.  Does it make a difference if those vibrations travel through a liquid or solid instead of a gas such as air?

Sound waves travel through materials at different speeds.  Sounds can travel through a solid or bounce off a solid, reflecting an echo back to your ear.  Some materials insulate or absorb sound.

Watch the videos below that helps explain how materials affect the way sound travels.

For this assignment you will be exploring how sound interacts with different materials by performing  an experiment with a clock and different states of matter. 

Go to Google Classroom to complete the assignment called, "Lesson 7:  Does Matter Matter?"   The Lesson follows the experiment from the first video:  "Sound Travels Through Different Materials."  Make sure that you answer the reflection questions at the end of  the experiment.  When you have finished the assignment, turn it in for feedback and grading.

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In this lesson we are going to learn about the development of sound technologies.  We will discover that Canadians have made important contributions to sound technology throughout history.

To start learning how sound has changed throughout history watch the video below.  Think about how far we have come from the first recordings in history that were made by bumps on a wax cylinder.

In this assignment you will be making a timeline that shows the history of technology and the music industry.  Watch the video below that shows you how to create a timeline.  You will be able to create a timeline in Google Docs or you can draw your timeline and take a picture of it.  Your choice!!

Go to Google Classroom to complete the assignment called, "Lesson 10  How Is Technology Related to Sound?"   Make sure that you answer all of the questions before turning it in.  When you have finished the assignment, turn it in for feedback and grading.

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You have examined how sound travels, how sound echoes, and how to muffle a sound.  What about when sounds are hard to hear?  A megaphone makes your voice louder and an ear trumpet hleps you hear quiet sounds.

In this lesson we are going to explore two ways a cone shape makes a sound louder.  You will learn that different shapes allow sound to be amplified.  Amplify means to make a sound louder.

Watch the video below that explains how a megaphone works.

In this assignment you will be exploring how to amplify sounds by experimenting with a megaphone that you will create from a piece of paper.  

Go to Google Classroom to complete the assignment called, "Lesson 11:  Turn Up The Volume"   Make sure that you answer the reflection questions at the end of  the activity.  When you have finished the assignment, turn it in for feedback and grading.

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You have learned that sound can have a high or a low pitch and a loud or a soft volume.  

In this lesson you will be learning how to compare graphs of loud and soft sounds as well as graphs of high and low sounds.  You will learn how loud and soft sounds are measured and how they can be used.  Make sure that you watch the video below because a few of the reflection questions are about the video. 

Watch the videos below that explores the ranges of sounds that animals can make and hear.

Go to Google Classroom to complete the assignment called, "Lesson 12:  How Much Do I Hear?"   Make sure that you answer the reflection questions at the end of  the activity.  When you have finished the assignment, turn it in for feedback and grading.

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 In the last lesson you learned how loud and soft sounds are measured and how some sounds are so loud that they can hurt your hearing.

In this lesson we will examine hearing loss and how to protect against loud sounds.  

Hearing loss can be caused by disease, accidents, or aging.  Too much sound can also damage hearing.  

Watch the video below that explains how loud sounds can cause hearing loss.

Go to Google Classroom to complete the assignment called, "Lesson 13:  When is Loud Too Loud?"   In this assignment you will choose between three topics to create a brochure using google slides.

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