Grade 4: Understanding Matter & Energy
Light and Sound Science Kit.
Call Number: TBD
Covers the following:
Strand A: STEM Skills and Connections
Strand C: Light and Sound
Using various materials, the properties of both light and sound will be explored. Students investigate how light can be emitted, absorbed, reflected, and refracted, and that there are both natural and artificial sources of light. Activities from this kit will also showcase how sound travels in waves through mediums, and the different ways objects interact with and even use properties from light and sound. This kit provides materials for four activities.
Exploring the Science of Sounds by 
Sound and lightSound Vibrations from PBS LearningMedia
This lesson is designed to help students understand that vibrations are responsible for the sounds we hear. Additionally, they learn that sound vibrations can travel through different mediums.
Sound Unit Lesson Guide from STEM NORTH
A series of lessons that build on each other. Includes worksheets and rubrics for each lesson for teachers to use for assessment purposes.
Grade 4 Light Unit from Mrs. Cressman
Various light demonstrations and worksheets to go with them are provided in this resource. There are no direct instructions as this is a package for the students, however, the concept and materials are listed so it is easy to figure out how to do the demonstrations.
"Phil tries to bend the power of sound by making the loudest sound he can."
"A short and concise video that explains transparency, translucency, opaqueness as well as refraction."
"Bending light to your will! Phil gets challenged to use light to solve a puzzle that gets more and more difficult."
Sound by 
Sounds All Around by
From a cat's purr to a thunderstorm's clap, from a friend's voice to a school bell's clang, sounds can lull us, entice us or call us to action. But how does sound happen? How do we hear it? What makes some sounds loud and some soft? Some high pitched and some low pitched? How do humans and animals use sound to communicate? Which sounds happen naturally, and which are created for a specific purpose? This charming picture book explores all of these questions in child-friendly language, offering readers a gentle introduction to how sound works that will encourage them to stop and listen.
