The
Science of
Sound
How is sound made
and what are its
properties?
Sound
Safari
Can you arrange these
HOWLER MONKEY LION
animals by how loud they
are, starting with the
loudest?
SPERM WHALE DOMESTIC DOG
ANSWER KEY
Sound Safari
Humans can only handle loud sounds up to about
120 decibels without hurting their ears.
SPERM WHALE LION DOMESTIC DOG HOWLER MONKEY
It produces a pattern of It can roar up to 110 Its bark can reach up to Its howl is about 90
clicks at 233 decibels. decibels. 100 decibels. decibels.
Today,
you will:
• Describe how sound is
made.
• Explain how humans
hear sounds.
• Compare the sounds
produced by objects in
terms of loudness and
pitch.
• Compare how well sound
travels through different
materials.
Have you ever felt the
Think About It! vibrations from a speaker while
playing music?
How do these vibrations
change as you turn the volume
up and down?
How is
a sound
made?
Sound is produced by
vibrations.
Notice how a speaker vibrates
as music plays from it. This
makes the air around it move
and bump into each other.
How do
we hear
sounds?
When the back and
forth movement of
particles reaches our
ears, they cause our
eardrums to vibrate.
As a result, part of our inner
ear also vibrates. Our brain
then detects this as sound.
Which of these
produces a high
sound? How about
a low sound?
Low and High
Sounds
Pitch
• It is also known as the ‘note’. It describes how
high or low a sound is.
• A fast vibration produces a high
sound, while a slow vibration creates
a low sound.
Loud and Soft
Sounds
Which of these
produces a loud
Loudness
sound? How
about a soft • It is also known as ‘volume’. It depends on
sound? how large the vibration is.
• The larger the vibration, the louder the
sound. The smaller it is, the softer the
sound.
Match the Sound!
Which image in Group A matches the sound in Group B?
GROUP A GROUP B
high pitch high pitch
and low and high
loudness loudness
low pitch low pitch
and low and high
loudness loudness
ANSWER KEY
Match the Sound!
Pitch depends on how fast something vibrates, while loudness relies on
how strong or weak the vibrations are.
high pitch and high pitch and low pitch and low pitch and
low loudness high loudness low loudness high loudness
Materials and Sound
Sound travels about four times faster through water than air.
It travels fastest of all through solids.
TRY THIS OUT!
Knock on the table with medium strength while your partner
listens. Then, try the same knock again while they place their
ear on the table. What do you notice?
REVIEW:
True or False?
1 2 3
A sound is made
The ear lobe detects Sound travels fastest
when an object
sound. in water.
vibrates.
ANSWER KEY
REVIEW:
True or False?
TRUE FALSE FALSE
A sound is made
The ear lobe detects Sound travels fastest
when an object
sound. in water.
vibrates.
ASSIGNMENT:
Is there sound in
space?
• Read more about how sound travels in
solids, liquids and gases.
• Then, create a poster that answers the
question above. Be creative and have fun!
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Use these icons and illustrations in
your Canva Presentation. Happy
designing! Don’t forget to delete
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