Module 5: Sound & Light-Science 5A - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, you will learn about light and color, speed of light, refraction of light, reflection of light, sound, pitch and loudness, and how sound travels.

Module Materials:

Lesson # Lesson Title Material(s)
1 Introduction to Light pen or pencil;
2 Speed of Light crayons or colored pencils
pen or pencil
3 Reflection of Light pen or pencil;
4 Refraction of Light pen or pencil
clear glass
water
5 Lenses pen or pencil;
6 Sight and Light crayons or colored pencils
pen or pencil
7 Introduction to Sound pen or pencil;
8 Traveling Sound pen or pencil;
9 Pitch and Loudness pen or pencil;
10 Hearing and Sound pen or pencil;

Module Objectives:

Lesson # Lesson Title Objective(s)
1 Introduction to Light
  1. Describe light as a type of electromagnetic energy.
  2. Identify the electromagnetic spectrum.
  3. Identify the parts of a transverse wave.
2 Speed of Light
  1. Identify the speed of light.
  2. Describe how light does not need a medium to travel through.
3 Reflection of Light
  1. Define reflection.
  2. Differentiate between luminous and illuminated.
  3. Describe the law of reflection.
4 Refraction of Light
  1. Define refraction as light waves bending as they travel from one medium to another.
  2. Describe how refraction causes rainbows.
5 Lenses
  1. Describe refraction.
  2. Differentiate between concave and convex lenses.
6 Sight and Light
  1. Define the electromagnetic spectrum and visible light.
  2. Describe how the parts of the eye work together to allow humans to see.
7 Introduction to Sound
  1. Describe sound and the waves that cause it.
  2. Compare sound waves and light waves.
8 Traveling Sound
  1. Describe how sound travels through a medium.
  2. Define echolocation and provide examples of animals using it.
9 Pitch and Loudness
  1. Differentiate between pitch and loudness (volume).
  2. Identify what affects the pitch and the volume of a sound wave.
10 Hearing and Sound
  1. Identify and describe important parts of the ear.
  2. Define what an echo is and why they occur.

Module Key Words:

Key Words Spelling Words
electromagnetic spectrum
transverse
crest
trough
wavelength
frequency
amplitude
luminous
medium
reflect
absorbed
concave
convex
illuminated
refraction
translucent
transparent
prism
convex lens
concave lens
opaque
visible light
iris
pupil
cornea
retina
optic nerve
visual cortex
pitch
volume
longitudinal waves
compression
rarefaction
echolocation
volume (loudness)
decibels
hertz
echo
outer ear
eardrum
cochlea
auditory nerve
 What are convex and concave lenses?

Module Assignments:

Lesson # Lesson Title Page # Assignment Title
2 Speed of Light 5 Assignment
6 Sight and Light 5 Assignment
10 Hearing and Sound 5 Assignment

Learning Coach Notes:

None

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title Question
Introduction to Light
  1. How are light and color related?
Speed of Light
  1. What is the speed of light?
Reflection of Light
  1. What is reflection?
Refraction of Light
  1. What is refraction?
Lenses
  1. How do lenses work?
Sight and Light
  1. How does the electromagnetic spectrum relate to sight?
Introduction to Sound
  1. What is Sound?
Traveling Sound
  1. What affects how sound travels?
Pitch and Loudness
  1. What affects the loudness and pitch of a sound?
Hearing and Sound
  1. Why do we hear sound?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title Video Question
Introduction to Light Introduction to Light
  1. How does the energy of the sun travel?
  2. What does the wavelength of a light wave determine?
  3. What is color?
  4. What is light?
Speed of Light Speed of Light
  1. What is the speed of light?
  2. When does light travel fastest?
  3. What does light travel slowest through?
Reflection of Light Reflection of Light
  1. How is a reflection created?
  2. How does reflection relate to the colors that we see?
Refraction of Light Refraction of Light
  1. What is refraction?
Lenses Lenses
  1. What are the characteristics of concave lenses?
  2. What are three examples of common objects that refract light?
Sight and Light Sight and Light
  1. How does the electromagnetic spectrum relate to sight?
Introduction to Sound Intro to Sound
  1. What is sound?
  2. What does sound travel through?
  3. What type of wave is a sound wave?
  4. How is sound measured?
Traveling Sound Traveling Sound
  1. What affects the speed at which sound waves travel?
Pitch and Loudness Pitch and Loudness
  1. What is pitch?
  2. What is volume?
  3. What characteristic of a wave determines the pitch of the sound?
  4. What determines the volume?
Hearing and Sound Sound Part 2
  1. How do we hear sound?

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

  • What is the main idea?
  • What are three things new you learned?
  • How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

# Book Author Lexile Level
1 Light Is All Around Us Wendy Pfeffer 610L
2 All About Light Lisa Trumbauer 460L
3 Sounds All Around Wendy Pfeffer
4 Sound: Loud, Soft, High, and Low Natalie Myra Rosinsky
5 Light: Shadows, Mirrors, and Rainbows Natalie Myra Rosinsky

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

# Outing