Sound Wave Lesson Resources

Here's a list of resources for teachers looking to do a unit on sound waves or music as vibrations.

I've picked through some websites to find ones that I thought would be the most useful.  Many of them are science or physics lessons as opposed to music lessons, but they'll work well in a music class.

• Great lesson with 6 STATIONS to experiment with vibrations

• 17 Different Sound Wave Experiments

• Vibrations lesson from PBS

• Science Experiment using a soup can, balloon, flashlight, and mirror

• 2nd grade, 5 experiments

• 4th grade lesson plans

• 6th grade, 10 lesson plans

• Video explaining air compression through vocal chords

• Fun/Cool Music Video. Cymatics: Science Vs. Music

• Multiple HS Lessons from Physics Classroom

• Simple explanations of vocab, such as "frequency," and lots of YouTube vids.

• Experiments: Skip to numbers 40-51.

I also recently purchased this Science of Sound lesson plan by Pitch Publications: Acoustics.  I plan on using it during my school's STEM fair!