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Sound Kit Contents:

CD Player (1)
Clear Plastic Cups (30)
Plastic Wrap (1)
Tuning Forks (set of 8)
Assorted Elastic Bands (1 pkg)
Plastic Rulers (15)
Vegetable Oil (1)
Vinegar (1)
Corn Syrup (1)
Model of Human Ear (1)
Boom Whackers (set of 8)
CD with Sounds: "Name that Sound" (1)
50 Spoon Straws
200 Milkshake Straws
100 Straight Straws
100 Cocktail Straws
"Stomp Out Loud" Video (1)
Tin can telephone
Plastic cup telephone
Aluminum Foil
Beans
Cotton balls
Small box (1)
Construction Paper
Double Stick tape
1 long paper roll (used gift wrap rolls are perfect)
medium sized disc of foil (4)
2 cardboard paper discs (4)
pink tissue paper (4)
flashlights (4)
1 shoe boxes (4)
cardboard fork shape (4)

Books:
"Whack-a-doodle-doo!" Color-Coded Children's Songs for Boomwhackers.
"Awesome Experiments in Light & Sound" by Micheal A. Dispezio
"Adventures in Sound with Max Axiom, Super Scientist" by Emily Sohn
"Snow Sounds" by David A. Johnson
"Kingfisher Young Knowledge: Light and Sound " by Dr. Mike Goldsmith
"Physical Science: Sound" by Discovery Channel School Science

Human Body Kit Information and Lesson Plans:

Lesson 1: “Sounds and Our Everyday Lives”    Download
Outcomes: Students will be expected to identify objects by the sound they make and describe examples of devices that enhance our ability to hear and collect sound data (106-1, 107-1, 303-9)

Lesson 2: “Sound Vibrations”    Download
Outcomes: Students will be expected to relate vibrations to sound production and compare how vibrations travel differently through a variety of materials (303-10, 303-11)

Lesson 3: “Vibrations In Liquid”    Download
Outcomes: Students will be expected to relate vibrations to sound production and compare how vibrations travel differently though a variety of materials (303-10, 303-11).

Lesson 4: “Pitch and Loudness”    Download
Outcomes: Students will be expected to relate vibrations to sound production and compare how vibrations travel differently through a variety of materials (303-10, 303-11)

Lesson 5: “Modifying the Pitch”    Download
Outcomes: Students will be expected to demonstrate and describe how the pitch and loudness of sounds can be modified; design, construct and evaluate a device that has the ability to create sounds of variable pitch and loudness (104-1, 205-2, 206-7, 301-3).

Lesson 6: “Tin Cup/Plastic Cup Phone”    Download
Outcomes: Relate vibrations to sound production and compare how vibrations travel differently through a variety of materials. (303-10, 303-11)

Lesson 7: “Boom Whackers Activity"    Download
Outcomes: Demonstrate and describe how the pitch and loudness of sounds can be modified; design, construct, and evaluate a device that has the ability to create sounds of a variable pitch and loudness (104-1-, 205-2, 206-7, 301-3)

Lesson 8: “The Human Ear”    Download
Outcomes: Students will be expected to describe the structure and function of the major organs of the respiratory system(303-5). And select and use told in building models of organs or body systems (205-2).

2009.