Grades K–2
Loud and Soft
Sort eight sounds into loud and soft, then draw the loudest sound you heard today.
Science worksheet · Sound
What Makes Sound?
Eight facts about vibrations and sound to mark true or false, then feel your own voice.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–3
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Topic
- Sound
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Sound and vibration, Pitch and volume, Listening
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Sound is made when something vibrates: it moves back and forth very fast. The vibrations travel through the air to your ears.
- Circle True or False.
- Sound is made when something vibrates.
- Sound can travel through air.
- Sound cannot travel through water.
- Louder sounds have bigger vibrations.
- A guitar string makes sound while it is still.
- A drum makes sound when its top vibrates.
Teacher tip
Have kids hold a hand on their throat and hum loud and soft.
How to use it
- Let kids touch their throats while they hum to feel vibration.
- Stretch a rubber band across a box and pluck it.
- Let partners compare answers and settle any differences with a book or a video.
Watch for
Mixing up pitch and volume. Loud and soft is volume; high and low is pitch.
Talk about it
- How is loud different from high?
- What did you notice that surprised you?
Take it further
Make a class band from shakers, drums and rubber band guitars.
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More sound worksheets
Grades 2–4
High and Low Sounds
Circle high or low for eight sounds, then explain why a big drum sounds low.
Grades K–2
Sound Walk
Listen for six sounds, write what made each one and whether it was loud or soft, high or low.
Grades 2–4
Rubber Band Guitar
An experiment: stretch rubber bands around a box and find out what changes the pitch.
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