Mississippi Science P.1.6B.1
The Standard
- P.1.6B
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of sound.
Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that vibrations create sound (e.g., pluck a guitar string) and that sound can create vibrations (e.g., feeling sound through a speaker).
2026 Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Science · Motions, Forces, and Energy
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students pluck an object and watch or feel it vibrate as it makes sound. They place a light tissue strip near a speaker and check whether it moves when sound plays.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can show that a rubber band moves back and forth while it makes sound. They can show that a tissue strip moves near a playing speaker, even though it does not touch the speaker.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students think an object must be hit hard to make sound, so they overlook a gently plucked band. Others think the speaker must touch the tissue strip to make it move.
How to Assess It
- Have each student pluck a rubber band stretched over a box and point to what moves. Then play a low note near a hanging tissue strip and ask what changes when the sound stops.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Pluck a rubber band over a box, then watch a hanging tissue strip near a speaker with sound on and off.
Ask, "How did the band make sound, and why did the tissue move without touching the speaker?" Have students draw both setups.
Sort picture cards showing a plucked string, still string, playing speaker, and silent speaker into "moving" and "still" piles.
Tap a spoon against an empty mug, then touch the spoon to stop its ring and compare the sound.
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