A LESSON PLAN IN SCIENCE IV

I. Objectives

 Infer that sound travels in different media

II. Subject Matter

A. Topic: Sound Travels in Different Media

B. Materials:
 Large pail filled with water, 2 metal spoons, empty plastic bottle, 2 tin cans (small
milk/sardine cans), 10 meters heavy-duty string (nylon), toy guitar, 1 cellphone with
music, video, power point, manila paper
C. References: Curriculum Guide 4, Science 4 LM pp. 245-251
D. Process Skills: observing, inferring, describing, listening
D. Values Integration: Appreciate the importance of sound

III. Learning Tasks:

A. Engagement:

1. Motivation (Music Integration)

Let’s have a game: We call this a listening game.

Group the pupils into three. Each group representative should raise their card
before giving an answer. The first group to give the correct answer should
earn the point. Each correct answer will earn one smiley. The group who got
the most number of smileys is the winner.

Children will tell the musical instrument playing. (I hear a _______ playing.)

How were you able to tell what you heard?

What do you call all of these things that you heard? (sound)

2. Introduce the new lesson

Present a video about sound

Post these questions before watching:

What makes sound?

Can sound travel?

After watching the video, let pupils answer the posted question.

In our activity today we will find out more about vibration and how sound travels.

B. Exploration

 Group the pupils into four.

 Set norms to follow during group activity.
 Provide the activity sheet and materials to each group
 Let them choose their team leader, scribe, reporter, time keeper and material
manager
 Remind each group to present their output in class after 15 minutes.

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 Refer to activity cards.

Group 1: What is Vibration?

Group 2: Do Sound Travel Through Air?

Group 3: Do Sound Travel Through Water?

Group 4: Do Sound Travel through Solid Material?

C. Explanation:
 Presentation of each group activity.
 Process pupils answers
 Further discussion

What do you call the back and forth movement of material (like in the case of ruler or
guitar)?
(It is called vibration)

Is there a sound when there is no vibration?

(No. Sound comes whenever there is vibration.)

In which material did sound able to travel?

(Sound can travel through solid, liquid and gas)

How do we call these materials that sound can travel?

(These materials are what we call medium. Sound needs a medium in order to travel.)

So based on our experiment, what can you say about sound?

(Sound travels in different media/medium)

Do you think sound can be heard in outer space? Why?

(Sound cannot travel in outer space because it is a vacuum- a space where there is no
medium like solid, liquid and gas that sound to travel to)

D. Elaboration/Extension

Let us sum up what we have learned today:

Sound is produced by vibrations.

Whenever we hear a sound, it means, something is vibrating.
Sound travels in different media/medium like solid, liquid and gas.
Sound cannot travel in a vacuum.

 Can you imagine life without sound? In what activities do you find sound helpful?

E. Evaluation

Read and answer each question carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. The source of all sound is a _____________.

A. moving object
B. stationary object
C. vibrating object.
D. all of the above

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2. Sound cannot travel in _____________.
A. air
B. water
C. steel
D. a vacuum

3. Which of the following produces sound?

A. plucking of the guitar
B. tapping the table
C. turning the radio on
D. all of the above

4. Which of the following is true about sound?

A. Sound cannot travel at all.
B. Sound can travel through solid and gas but not in liquid.
C. Sound can travel through different media like solid, liquid and gas.
D. Sound can travel in a vacuum.

5. Mark and Allan played with the tin can telephone. Which inference/s is/are true about this?

A. Sound travels through air to Mark’s ear.

B. Sound travels through the string to Mark’s ear.
C. Mark can never hear what Allan says using the can telephone.
D. Mark can clearly hear what Allan says using the can telephone.

A. only A B. only C C. both A and C D. both B and D

Prepared & demonstrated by:

ZION JOY V. SANTERO

Attested by:

GINA P. FERRARIS
EPS-Science

Date demonstrated:
9/22/2018

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 ACTIVITY 1
What is Vibration?

ACTIVITY 1

What you need:

Toy guitar

What to do:

1. Pluck the strings of the toy guitar. Observe what happens to the strings.

2. Pluck again the guitar. This time stop the string from moving while it is still in motion.
Observe what happens.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 at least three times.

Guide Questions:

1. What happened to the strings of the guitar when you plucked them?

2. How do you describe the movement of the strings?

3. Did you hear a sound when you plucked the strings?

4. Did the sound coming from the moving strings suddenly stopped when you held
them?

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 ACTIVITY 2
Do Sounds Travel through Air?

What you need:

Cellphone with music

What to do:

1. Play music in someone’s cellphone. Stand beside that person holding the cellphone. Do
you hear the music clearly?

2. Now stand a few meters away from the source of sound. Can you still hear it clearly?

Guide Questions:

1. Did you hear the music when you stand in front of the person holding the phone?

2. Did you still hear the music when you stand 5 meters away from the source of sound?

3. In which position did you hear a louder sound? A fainter sound?

4. How did sound travel to your ears?

5. What have you found out in this experiment?

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 ACTIVITY 3
Do Sounds Travel through Water?

What you need:

Pail of water
2 metal spoons
Empty plastic bottle

What to do:

1. Gently click the metal spoons together. How do they sound?

2. Place your pail of water on the floor. Put the bottle, cut side down, into the pail of
water and put your ear up against the hole at the other end.

3. Ask your partner to gently tap the spoons together under the water. What can you
hear?

4. Let other members of the group repeat #3 procedure.

Guide Questions:

1. Do you hear a sound when you gently click the metal spoons together?

2. Did you still hear a sound when your classmate taps the spoons together under the
water with your ears against the hole of the plastic bottle?

3. How did sound to travel to your ears in this set-up?

4. What have you found out in this experiment?

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 ACTIVITY 4
Do Sounds Travel through Solids?

What you need:

2 empty sardine cans

15 meters string
Nail
Hammer

What to do:

1. Cut one end of the two empty cans completely open with a can opener.

2. Punch a hole in the center of the other end with the nail and hammer.

3. Thread the string through the holes, such that the closed ends face each other and tie
a large knot at the end of the string, so that it will not slip out of the hole.

4. Let two members use the can telephone and move away from each other until the
string is pulled tight.

5. Let one member, speak inside the can and the other at the other end listens. Do you
hear what your friend is saying clearly?

6. Let the other member be the one to speak, and the other one to listen. Do you hear
what your friend is saying clearly?

7. Take turns in using the can telephone. Repeat procedure number 4-6.

Guide Questions:

1. What have you noticed when you listen using the can telephone? Did you hear what
your friend says?

2. Did you hear the words clearly or faintly?

3. How did sound travel to your ears using the can telephone?

4. What have you found out in this experiment?

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