Process

1. To check out this a super fun Nearpod lesson on sound and vibrations, go to join.nearpod.com and type in this code: VRFZS.

2. Before you read our text, How Sound Travels, try my Nearpod lesson on main idea and key details. Go to join.nearpod.com and type in this code: RLKDI.

3. Read How Sound Travels. You can read it here, or you can have an adult help you print it out. You can choose whether or not to answer the "Think and Review" questions at the end of the text, because I am going to ask you to answer some quick questions in your journal after you read.

Click on the play button below to hear me read the text:

4. In your journal, answer these questions about How Sound Travels:

Question 1: What is the topic of this text?

Question 2: What is the main idea of this text?

Question 3: What is one key detail from this text?

Question 4: What is your favorite fact about sound from this text?

If you need help, here is a quick video to teach you all about writing to answer a question:

5. YOU CHOOSE: Watch this video of me trying this awesome experiment with sound, OR use the handout below to try it at home with an adult. You can also do both! It's up to you!

6. Find out the science behind talking and how we can communicate even from far away by going to join.nearpod.com and typing in this code: CNVGB.

7. Write your own text about sound! Now that you are an expert on sound and sound waves, it's time for you to write about what you know. Pick one of these science questions to answer in at least three sentences in your journal, including at least two awesome science facts that you learned about sound:

Option 1: How does your invention from the last lesson use what we know about sound waves to help people communicate from far away?

Option 2: How does the string phone invention from our science video use sound waves to help people communicate from far away? (Feel free to watch the video again if you need a reminder!)

Option 3: How do sounds travel?

Remember--You can use any of the materials from this lesson to write your text. In fact, it is even better to look back and check your facts like real researchers!

When you have finished your sentences, leave some space at the bottom of the page or on the next page. You are now the author of your own scientific text. Congratulations! In your text, you probably wrote mostly about one person, place, or thing, focused on one big, important idea, and used information to support your big idea. In the space you left for yourself, write the topic, main idea, and one key detail from your own text! Here is my journal entry: