Physical Science: Follow Along with

Sound Energy
1. What is your favorite song and why?
Make a prediction: Why do you think you can hear that
song?

Stop and Think: What are the three parts of the ear and
how do they allow you to hear?
3.) How is the ear similar to a drum?
4.) How old are your ears?
Reflect: Can sound travel in outer space? Why or why
not?
5.) What medium does sound use for our daily conversations?
6.) What is a sound wave?
7.) Are sound waves considered pressure waves? Why?
8.) How did the vibrations in your throat feel when you spoke in
a high pitch? What about a low?

Sound Energy: String Telephone Experiment

What do you think
will happen?

Describe what
happened?

Why did it happen?

What happened
when you changed
something?

Reflect on the results of your experiment

1.) What medium was used for sound to travel?
2.) How did the sound travel?
3.) What happened when a third party pinched the string?
4.)
How did your ear make this happen?