Launch

🎧 Elementary Sound Challenge Kickoff

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Content Expertise Self Directed Learning Effective Communication HS-PS4-1 HS-PS4-1 PS.4.A HS-PS4-5 HS-PS4-5 Submission Required

Students watch a short video or read messages from elementary students asking how instruments make different sounds and how sound waves work. They rotate through fast stations using tuning forks, rubber-band boxes, cup-and-string phones, and a tone-generator app to observe pitch changes, estimate frequencies, and record quick wave-equation connections in a Sound Design Notebook. The class closes by unpacking the design brief, exhibition expectations, required poster components, and the two product pathways.

Plan day
Day 1
Duration
60 min
Grouping
Whole Class
Steps