Guided lesson notes for a 1st grade science lesson on sound and vibration, matched to NGSS 1-PS4-1. Students fill blanks from a seven-word bank (fast, jump, kazoo, move, rice, sound, vibrate) while the class plucks a rubber band, pushes a ruler on a desk, puts rice on a drum, and hums into a kazoo. Five short parts end with a rule that works in both directions. The answer key accepts move or vibrate wherever either word fits.
1-PS4-1
“Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.”
Parts 2 and 4 give evidence that vibrating materials make sound. Part 3, with rice jumping on the drum, gives evidence that sound makes materials vibrate.
Two blanks define a vibration as moving back and forth very fast and say that vibrating things make a sound.
Students record what the plucked rubber band and the pushed ruler did, then write what both had in common.
Small pieces of rice sit on top of a drum. Students note that hitting the drum made the rice jump, which shows sound can make things vibrate.
The class hums a song into a kazoo. Students write the instrument's name and describe how it felt on their lips.
Two final blanks: vibrating things make sound, and sound makes things vibrate.
During the lesson
Keep a copy on every desk while you run the four demos. Fill each blank right after its activity, not at the end.
Setting up
You need a rubber band, a ruler, a drum, a pinch of rice, and a kazoo. Lay them out in order before class so each part leads straight into the next.
Reading the notes
The two "In your own words" prompts tell you the most. The key accepts answers such as "My lips buzzed and vibrated."
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