Department of Education

Region III – Central Luzon

Schools Division of Pampanga
SAN NICOLAS INTEGRATED SCHOOL
San Nicolas, San Luis Pampanga
Contact No.: 0936-387-2633 Email add: snishighschool@yahoo.com

TOPIC/ TITLE SOUNDS

GRADE LEVEL 8

CONTENT STANDARDS The learners demonstrate an understanding of the

propagation of sound through solid, liquid and gas.

PERFORMANCE The learners shall be able to develop a written plan and

STANDARDS implement “Newton’s Olympics”

LEARNING COMPETENCIES S8FE-Ie-24

The learners should be able to infer how the movement of
particles of an object affect the speed of sound through it.

S8FE-Ie-25
The learners should be able to investigate the effect of
temperature to speed of sound through fair testing
ENGAGE
Start the class by posing the question “which comes first
the thunder or the lightning?
Discuss that thunder and lightning are produced at the
same time.
However, we experience thunder after lightning because
sound travels slower than light in air. Introduce the idea
that although both light and sound are waves, their major
difference is that light is an electromagnetic wave while
sound is mechanical wave. Light does not need a medium
to propagate while sound requires a medium.
(a video of a lightning and thunder will be shown
afterwards.)
Let them recall their lesson in grade 7 waves, by
illustrating the movement of the metal slinky.

(a video of a lightning and thunder will be shown

afterwards.)
Let them recall their lesson in grade 7 waves, by
illustrating the movement of the metal slinky.

EXPLORE The students will be divided into three groups each groups
are assigned to perform different task that will illustrate
how sound waves produced, transmitted, propagated and
received.
Group Activity: a. Follow the procedure in the activity
sheets assigned in your group
b. Answer the guide question in your
notebook
c. Summarize your observations and
prepare for a class presentation
Activity 1
How sound wave is produced
1. Place your fingers lightly on your throat and say
something
Questions
1. What do you feel when you touch your throat while
speaking?
2. How are sound waves produced when you talk or sing?
Activity 2
Sound waves transfer energy
1. Prepare the following materials; transparent acetate,
scotch tape, chalk dust or talc powder and speaker for the
source of sound.
2. Put the transparent acetate into the source of sound and
sprinkle some dust or powder.
3. Play a sound from a source near the powder and
observe the movement of the powder as the sound plays.
Questions
1. What happens to the powder as the sound plays?
2. What does this observation tell about the sound?
Activity 3
Speed of sounds in different medium
MEDIUM SPEED OF
SOUND(m/s)
1. air 330
2. seawater 1540
3. freshwater 1410
4. brass 3650
5. copper 4000
6.wood 4650
7. steel 4950
8. iron 5000
9.aluminum 5140
10. transparent bottle glass 5150
11. vacuum 0
Questions
1. In which material/medium does sound travel faster?
What do you notice about state of these materials? How
are their molecules arranged?
2.Why does sound travel fastest in solids in least in air?
3.How is molecular arrangement of matter related to the
speed of sound?
4. Explain why sound waves do not travel in a vacuum?
Activity 4
Faster sound ………….in hotter or cooler?
LM pp 83-84
(the materials can be modified if there were no graduated
cylinder available a clear transparent glass can be used)
1.Prepare the materials needed for the activity.
3 clear transparent glass or container
Water with different temperature (hot, lukewarm and cold)
(the students can measure the temperature using
thermometer but it is optional)
Tuning fork
2. Pour water on the glass and label it with hot, lukewarm
and cold make sure that the level of water in each glass is
 the same.
3. Sound the tuning fork in each glass and note the sound
produced by each cylinder. Record all your observations
Do this for three trials focusing on the differences in the
pitch of the sound each glass creates. Record all your
observations.
QUESTIONS
1. Which glass container gave the loudest sound?
2. Which glass container gave the highest pitched sound?
3. If pitch is directly dependent on frequency, then, which
cylinder gives the highest frequency sound?
4. Since wave speed is directly dependent on frequency
then, which cylinder gives the fastest frequency sound?
5. How would you relate the temperature of the medium
with the speed of sound?

EXPLAIN Presentation of students’ output.

They will answer the questions in the activity assigned on
them.

ELABORATE The teacher will present a PowerPoint presentation

 Department of Education
Region III – Central Luzon
Schools Division of Pampanga
SAN NICOLAS INTEGRATED SCHOOL
San Nicolas, San Luis Pampanga
Contact No.: 0936-387-2633 Email add: snishighschool@yahoo.com

LESSON EXEMPLAR
SCIENCE 8
SOUNDS
CONTENT STANDARDS
The learners demonstrate an understanding of the propagation of sound through solid, liquid
and gas.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
The learners shall be able to develop a written plan and implement “Newton’s Olympics”
LEARNING COMPETENCY
10. S8FE-Ie-24
The learners should be able to infer how the movement of particles of an object affect the
speed of sound through it.
11. S8FE-Ie-25
The learners should be able to investigate the effect of temperature to speed of sound
through fair testing.
ENGAGE
The teacher will show the learning targets.
1. Explain how sound waves produced, transmitted, propagated and received.
1.1 Infer that sound is produced by vibrating source.
1.2 Infer that sound waves carries energy
Start the class by posing the question “which comes first the thunder or the lightning? To
introduce the topic speed of waves.
Discuss that thunder and lightning are produced at the same time.
However, we experience thunder after lightning because sound travels slower than light in air.
Introduce the idea that although both light and sound are waves, their major difference is that
light is an electromagnetic wave while sound is mechanical wave. Light does not need a
medium to propagate while sound requires a medium.
(a video of a lightning and thunder will be shown afterwards.)
Let them recall their lesson in grade 7 waves, by illustrating the movement of the metal slinky.

EXPLORE
The students will be divided into three groups each groups are assigned to perform different
task that will illustrate how sound waves produced, transmitted, propagated and received.
Group Activity: a. Follow the procedure in the activity sheets assigned in your group
b. Answer the guide question in your notebook
c. Summarize your observations and prepare for a class presentation.
Activity 1
How sound wave is produced
1. Place your fingers lightly on your throat and say something
Questions
1. What do you feel when you touch your throat while speaking?
2. How are sound waves produced when you talk or sing?
Activity 2
Sound waves transfer energy
1. Prepare the following materials; transparent acetate, scotch tape, chalk dust or talc powder
and speaker for the source of sound.
2. Put the transparent acetate into the source of sound and sprinkle some dust or powder.
3. Play a sound from a source near the powder and observe the movement of the powder as
the sound plays.
Questions
1. What happens to the powder as the sound plays?
2. What does this observation tell about the sound?
Activity 3
Speed of sounds in different medium
MEDIUM SPEED OF SOUND(m/s)
1. air 330
2. seawater 1540
3. freshwater 1410
4. brass 3650
5. copper 4000
6.wood 4650
7. steel 4950
8. iron 5000
9.aluminum 5140
10. transparent bottle glass 5150
11. vacuum 0
Questions
1. In which material/medium does sound travel faster?
What do you notice about state of these materials? How are their molecules arranged?
2.Why does sound travel fastest in solids in least in air?
3.How is molecular arrangement of matter related to the speed of sound?
4. Explain why sound waves do not travel in a vacuum?

EXPLAIN
Presentation of students’ output.

ELABORATE

Let the class discuss answers to the following questions.

a. How are sound waves produced?
b. Cite and explain evidences that sound waves carry energy.

Present the following situations. Ask the class to explain them.

a. Indians put their ear close to the ground to know if there are approaching people.
b. Under water explosions may cause damage to the ear of divers and swimmers.

Sound needs a medium to propagate. It travels fastest in solids and slowest in gases.
EVALUATE
Fill out the information ask by this concept map.

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