Focus Question:
How do the vibrations from a sound source compare for higher-pitch versus lower-pitch sounds?
Learning Tasks:
- Do Now– Please get out your ISN and copy down today’s focus question on the first line of ISN p.73: “How do the vibrations of the sound compare for higher-pitch versus lower-pitch sounds?” Add to the Table of Contents: “Motion Detector 2 p.73” (Right Side). Head p.73 properly with “Motion Detector 2-3/2/2020.”
- Write Pair Share– Observe the musical instrument that you were given. Trade with another partner to try another instrument. Answer the following question on ISN p.73- What patterns do you notice when looking at and playing the xylophone, guitar, or music boxes?
- Scientific Language– Define pitch on ISN p.73 as “the highness or lowness of a sound.”
- Practice– Watch the Slow Motion Orchestra- Harp video. Complete the “Harp String Graph” handout.