Audience
Educators, Students
Grade Levels
Grades K-4
Subject
Physical Science, Waves, Sound
Type
Educator Guides, Lesson Plans / Activities, Read About It
Students in grades K-2 rotate through learning centers, or stations, to develop a hypothesis for how sound travels. Students experiment and change variables of different types and sizes of string and cups to determine the best method for transmitting sound on a string-cup phone. Learners will be able to explain how sound travels and demonstrate how the transmission of sound waves is affected by different materials.
The educator guide includes background information, tips for set up and preparation, an assessment and extension activities.
- The Astro-Not-Yets: Sound on a String Educator Guide
- The Astro-Not-Yets: Sound on a String Educator Guide (Spanish Version)
- Sound on a String Center Activity
- Sound on a String Center Activity (Spanish Version)
- “The Astro-Not-Yets Explore Sound” Storybook
This guide is part of the Next Gen STEM series of educator guides. NASA’s Commercial Crew Program was formed to facilitate the development of a U.S. commercial crew space transportation capable of achieving safe, reliable and cost-effective access to and from the space station and low-Earth orbit.