Light, shadows and sound: K to 2nd science
Light and sound. A free K to 2nd lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: light and sound.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: How does a rubber band make a sound?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (10 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: light, shadows and sound.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner the idea in their own words.
Practise (15 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Make: Build a shoebox guitar (https://peabody.kids/build/shoebox-guitar)
- Make: Make a shadow grow (https://peabody.kids/science-fair/projects/k-flashlight-shadow-size)
- Read: Why Is the Sky Blue? (https://peabody.kids/library/why-is-the-sky-blue)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about light, shadows and sound, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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