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Science topics ages 5 - 6
Sound and hearing
Curriculum relevance |
Online lesson plan
Offline lesson
plan | Worksheet | Activity |
Quiz
Online lesson plan
Objectives
Recognise that sound is generated in a variety of ways and from different sources
Understand that sounds vary in tone and loudness
Know there are different ways to describe sound
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National Curriculum
England: Key Stage 1, Science, Sc4 3b, 3c
Wales: Key Stage 1, Physical processes, 3.3, 3.4
Northern Ireland: Key Stage 1, Physical processes, Sound, a, b
Scotland: 5-14 Guidelines, Science, Properties and uses of energy, Level A
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Resources required
Online activity from Science Clips website: Sound and hearing
A variety of simple musical instruments e.g. recorder, drum, tambourine, rattle
A variety of junk materials e.g. cartons, bottle tops, off cuts of wood
Paper, pencils and crayons
Copies of the Sound and hearing worksheet printed from the Science Clips website
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Teaching activities
Introduction
Show and name the musical instruments, and select children to come out and demonstrate the different sounds they make. Which instruments make a sound in the same way? Group the instruments according to how the sound is made. Ensure that children are familiar with the terms pluck, blow, bang, and shake.
Classwork using interactive
whiteboard
Select Sound and hearing from the Science Clips website. Using the mouse, select the drum. How can it be made to make a sound?
Ask a child to demonstrate (on screen) banging the drum STRONGLY and then GENTLY. What difference does it make?
Work through the other instruments and repeat involving different children.
Click on the Sort sounds screen. Explain that the sounds have to be put in order from the quietest to the loudest.
Group work using a computer
for each group
Ask each group to work through the Sort sounds activity collaboratively. Ask a representative from one or two groups to show on the whiteboard how their group completed the task.
Plenary
Ask children to suggest everyday sounds, some loud, others quieter. Draw images of these sound sources on the board and, with the children's help, sequence these sounds from quietest to loudest. What is the difference between sound and noise?
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Extension
Hand out copies of the Sound and hearing worksheet. Name all the sound-makers on the sheet to ensure children are familiar with them. Choose one object and ask the children to choose words from the list to describe the sound it makes. Let the children complete the rest of the worksheet independently.
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Suggested homework
Ask the children to find out at home about some different musical instruments, using simple reference books, the internet or other sources.
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