Infusion Lesson Plan

Teacher: Carleigh Twillmann

Grade: 3rd
Date and Time:
School:
Name of Lesson: Good Vibrations
Fine Arts Area: Music
Infused Core Area: Science
Standards

(each area)

Physical Science: Motion &

Sound
Standard 3-5: The student
will demonstrate an
understanding of how
motion and sound are
affected by a push or pull
on an object and the
vibration of an object.
(Physical Science)

Objectives

(the students will)

Assessments

(Formal/Informal

The students will use the

materials provided and
listen to sounds, feel the
vibrations and will note the
sound they hear on the
provided sheet, and their
description of vibrations.

Rubric, see below

The students will use their

given materials to create
sound each on their own
individually and will play
together in groups in
harmony.

Rubric, see below

3-5.8 Explain how the

vibration of an object
affects pitch.
Music
Music Performance
Standard
1 The student will sing and
perform on instruments,
alone and with others, a
variety of music.
MG3-1.4 Play pitched and
unpitched instruments in
rhythm while maintaining a
steady tempo.
Artistic Vocabulary: Rhythm, Melody, Sound, Harmony, Orchestra, Pitch
Core Vocabulary: Vibration, Sound, Pitch
Cross Over Links to Each Area: Sound, Pitch, Vibration
Preparation/Materials/Resources
Vocal Cords
Strip of Plastic
Wax Paper over a comb
Triangle

Empty soup cans and pencils

Slinky
Provided worksheet

Anticipatory Set: (Activating prior knowledge/procedures, Preview/Review)

Discuss vibrations and sound
Ask students what they know about the relationship between sound and vibration
Ask students how they know when something is vibrating
Explain to students that we will be learning how sound and vibrations and music
all relate to one another
Mini-Lesson: (Explain/Demonstrate the lesson)
Demonstrate with triangle how certain sounds can be made through vibrations
Teacher will write on board of the sounds he or she hears
Teacher will ask student volunteers to stand up and take an instrument
Everyone the student and the teacher will play in unison
Students will arrange themselves from highest to lowest pitch
Procedures:
Students will pair up and share materials between the pairs
Have student interact with the materials between pairs and try to make it have
different sounds
Students will use materials to make noises and take notes on what they hear on
provided sheet
Have kids think about sound vibration and what they feel, see, and hear
Have each group play their provided instrument to the class
Students will match up with another partner whose pitch of their instrument is
most closely related to theirs
Students will then arrange themselves in a line from the highest to the lowest pitch
Clean up/ Close out/ Review
Return all materials into large class plastic box
Teacher will collect the provided worksheet
Class will discuss how the lesson relates to an orchestra
Homework for students will be to have kids think about how music relates to other
subjects.

Object
Draw a picture
of the object.

Triangle

Soup Can and Pencils

Strip of Plastic

Waxed Paper
over a Comb

Slinky

Vocal Cords

Action
What did
you do to
make it
vibrate?

Observation
Results
Can you hear a
sound? What
does it sound
like?

Observation
Results
Can you see it
vibrate?

Observation
Results
Can you feel
it vibrate?