1st Graders Make A Splash!

Over the past few weeks 1st graders have been learning about sounds and vibrations and we have finally been able to SEE, FEEL, and HEAR them! To start our lesson students were introduced to tuning forks and made educated guesses as to what they are used for. We then made predictions as to which tuning fork would make the loudest/biggest vibration based on their size. Once predictions were made, students set out to investigate!

Mrs. Dunleavy's Scientists

Mrs. Wetson's Scientists

Mrs. Wetson's Scientists

While investigating students were able to see sound through vibrations in the water, hear sound by causing the tuning fork to vibrate and then holding it up to their ear, and feel sound by touching the tuning fork while it was vibrating! 

STUDENT OBSERVATIONS:

Ask your 1st grader about their "Making a Splash" experiment!

-Mrs. Henderson