Sound Is a Vibration

Vibrating things make sound.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 37

Hit a drum, and its top shakes back and forth very fast. That's called vibrating. The vibration makes a sound!
Pluck a guitar string, and it vibrates too. Look how it swings back and forth!
Put your hand on your throat and hum. Feel that? Your throat vibrates when you talk and sing!
When something is still, it makes no sound. Every sound comes from something vibrating.
Your turn! Put the steps in order to show how we hear a drum.

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Science:

S1P1.d — Construct an explanation supported by evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.