LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Science — Grade 2

Goal 4: The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technology to build an understanding of the concepts of sound.

Objective 4.02. Show how the frequency can be changed by altering the rate of the vibration

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

World music
In BioMusic, page 1.5
In this lesson, students will understand that birds of the same family can have different songs. While listening to four different thrush songs, they will also learn to read a sound spectrogram and compare it with sheet music.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Music Education and Science)
By Debra Hall and Crystal Patillo.
The five senses: Hearing
We hear through movement of the ear drum which is tightly stretched across the ear canal and vibrates when air waves push it.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Science)
By Wicky Porch.