Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
presents
“The Physics of Sound”
Target Audience: Students with visual impairments in grades 3rd through 8th.
What: Saturday programs of Science Discovery
When: Jan. 24/25, Feb. 21/22, Mar. 28/29 (arrive Friday night and return Saturday night)
Where: January @ Iowa Braille School, Vinton, Iowa;
February @ the Des Moines area, Camp Sunnyside
March @ Iowa School for the Deaf, Council Bluffs, IA
Included: Transportation*, lodging Friday night and meals
Why: Each Saturday students will receive 6 hours of science lessons, designed especially for students with visual impairments, in a fun and relaxed atmosphere with lots of hands-on activities.
FOSS Science Curriculum
Physics of Sound
In this unit students will:
Learn to discriminate between sounds generated by dropped objects;
Learn how sounds can be made louder or softer and higher or lower;
Learn how sounds travel through a variety of materials;
Learn how sounds get from a source to a receiver;
Exercise language, social studies and math skills in the context of the physics of sound;
Use knowledge of the physics of sound to solve simple sound challenges; and
Develop and refine the manipulative skills required for investigating sound.
Check out the FOSS website at: www.fossweb.com
Acoustical Engineering
Sounds Like Fun!: Seeing Animal Sounds
Storybook: Kwame’s Sound
This is the story of Kwame, a young, blind drummer from Ghana. His father is an acoustical engineer and brings Kwame into the forest where he hears the elephants that are the subjects of his father’s work. Kwame is introduced to the possibility of visually or tactilely representing sound.
Students will investigate ways to damp sound and then focus on developing a tactile diagram of sound that captures its key elements and communicates the sound clearly to others.
Participation in all 3 Saturdays is recommended, but not required, as concepts will build on each other.
For additional information contact: Sara Larkin (319) 472-5221 extension 1119 or (319) 310-6070
Registrations due by Friday, January 6, 2014.
*We need your registration ASAP if you plan to use our transportation.