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Sound Activities & Reading Passages for Google Classroom
Make learning about sound energy fun and engaging with this interactive Google Classroom activity pack! Perfect for elementary students, this no-prep, standards-aligned resource helps students explore how sound is created, how it travels, and its role in everyday life.
With editable reading passages, drag-and-drop tasks, and short-answer questions, students will build a strong understanding of sound energy while developing critical thinking skills. These hands-on, interactive activities bring science to life and make lessons easy to plan and exciting to teach!
Sound Energy Passages & Activities Includes the Following Google Slides:
- Editable reading passages
- Short answer: KWL chart
- Drag-&-drop: match definitions to vocabulary (matter, molecules, wave, compression wave, frequency, pitch)
- Drag-&-drop: match the answers to the questions (what is sound? what causes sound? what medium can sound travel through? what form does sound travel?)
- Drag-&-drop: match descriptions about the three phases of matter and relation to sound travel (solid, liquid, gas)
- Drag-&-drop: fill in the blanks about the travel of sound
- Short answer: why do we see lightning before we hear thunder?
- Web search: answer questions about pitch using a given website
- Drag-&-drop: fill out all about pitch cloze paragraph
- Drag-&-drop: match definitions to vocabulary for pitch and frequency
- Drag-&-drop: label a xylophone with higher/lower pitch and higher/lower frequency
- Drag-&-drop: label straws with higher/lower pitch and higher/lower frequency
- Drag-&-drop: label bottles with higher/lower pitch and higher/lower frequency
- Short answer: answer questions about a xylophone and its pitch
- Drag-&-drop: identify the four musical instrument classifications (percussion, wind, stringed, wind)
- Web search: answer questions about musical instruments and how they make sound using a given website
- Drag-&-drop: identify which instruments make the slowest vibrations and the fastest vibrations
- Short answer: answer questions about sound and the world
- Web search: fill out a chart on animal hearing ranges using a given website
- Drag-&-drop: fill in the paragraph about animal hearing
Why Teachers Love these Sound Activities:
- No Prep: Ready-to-assign on Google Classroom™ or platforms like Canvas or Schoology.
- Engaging & Interactive: Includes drag-and-drop tasks, visual prompts, and short-answer questions.
- Flexible Use: Perfect for independent practice, science centers, or early finishers.
- Real-World Connections: Encourages students to apply their knowledge of sound energy to practical situations.
Ideal For:
- Introducing Sound Energy Concepts: Simplifies teaching how sound waves are created and transmitted.
- Independent Work: Students complete interactive activities at their own pace.
- Science Centers: Digital, hands-on tasks make learning about sound energy engaging.
- Early Finishers: Keeps learners busy with meaningful, self-checking tasks.
- Sub Plans: Stress-free, ready-to-go activities for substitute days.
- Assessment Prep: Reinforces sound energy knowledge for quizzes and tests.
Standards Covered:
- SOL 5.5
- The student will investigate and understand that sound can be produced and transmitted. Key ideas include a) sound is produced when an object or substance vibrates; b) sound is the transfer of energy; c) different media transmit sound differently; and d) sound waves have many uses and applications.
This Sound Energy Activity Pack makes learning about sound engaging and easy. With interactive tasks, real-world examples, and standards-aligned content, it’s a must-have for any science lesson!
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