Design properties
- Name
- Sound for beginners
- Topic
- Sound and its properties
- Learning time
- 3 hours and 40 minutes
- Designed time
- 3 hours and 40 minutes
- Size of class
- 25
- Description
- This lesson plan is designed for first year students (11/12 years old) who are involved in a bilingual section (even though they are Spanish the whole lesson is given in English) The learning process is organized on four 55 minutes lessons.
- Aims
- To be able to describe different sounds using appropriate terms To state that sound is caused by vibrations To state that sound needs a medium to travel through and it can be solid, liquid or gas To be able to use the terms 'frequency' and 'amplitude' in describing sound waves To be able to compare and interpret wave forms in terms of pitch and loudness To explain simple how the ear works To understand that the loudness of sound is measured in decibels To understand that loud sounds over a period of time can cause deafness To give possible solutions to noise pollution
- Outcomes
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- Identify causes of noise pollution
- Evaluate causes of noise pollution around us and give possible solutions
- Show awareness of the importance of taking care of the sound environment around us
- Organise the information taken during the research in a map
- Summarise the information in a comic
- Editor
- FPVMus
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Timeline
Warm up activity: Is it Music?
60 minutes)
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Read Watch Listen201Listen to the audio files and decide if each one is music or not. Justify your answer according to your own opinion.
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Discuss1025Debate about the previous activity.
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Read Watch Listen1525Handouts about sound: Read the content and answer the questions
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Collaborate53In groups of three people, write your own definition of Music.
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Practice101Homework. Look for information to complete the following tasks: http://en.educaplay.com/en/learningresources/1363841/sound_and_its_properties.htm http://en.educaplay.com/en/learningresources/1364050/sound_parameters.htm
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Sound properties
50 minutes)
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Read Watch Listen51Watch the video related to the topic
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Discuss525Join the class discussion and get ready to differentiate high, low, long, short, loud, soft sounds
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Practice102In pairs, create sounds according to the sound properties given (for example, a short, high, soft sound). Record the sounds in order to create a classroom sound bank. Decide about the examples created by other students
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Investigate15Choose one of this topics to investigate on the Internet: The human hearing range. The animals hearing range. The mosquito sound.
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Produce152In pairs, and using computers, create a mind map related to sound properties or to the Internet research you have done (using popplet or similar)
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The hearing process
55 minutes)
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Practice51Vocabulary activity: Fill in the gaps
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Read Watch Listen101The teacher gives a short presentation related to the hearing process. Then you will watch a video related to the topic
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Collaborate102Students are given a graphic related to the loudness of sounds around us and, working in pairs, they will have to decide which sounds are too loud and represent a danger to our health. They will have to decide how to "fight" against these specific sounds.
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Collaborate204Working in groups of four and using a sound level meter application, students will measure sound level in different places around the school.
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Produce104The groups will produce a map establishing sound levels in the school according to the measures taken in the process.
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Noise pollution
55 minutes)
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Discuss1525Taking the work done the previous day, the whole group comment and get conclusions about what noise pollution is and give possible solutions
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Investigate151Using the Internet, students will look for solutions and legislation related to noise pollution
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Produce252Working in pairs, and using Pixton, students create a comic on which, at least, one cause of noise pollution is presented and one possible solution is given.
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Learning Experience
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