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Science topics ages 5 - 6
Sound and hearing
Curriculum relevance
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Offline lesson plan
Objectives
Know that there are many kinds of sounds and sources of sound
Understand that sounds travel away from sources getting fainter as they do so
Understand that sounds are heard when they enter the ear
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National Curriculum
England: Key Stage 1, Science, Sc1 1, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2f, 2g, 2h, 2j; Sc4 3c, 3d
Wales: Key Stage 1, Physical processes, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5
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
A range of instruments (drum, triangle, maracas, recorder, stringed instruments)
Classroom objects (wooden blocks, plastic bottles, cardboard tubes, yoghurt pots with sand in, beads on a pole, empty pots, cardboard box with rubber band)
A screen to hide behind
Pictures of instruments and objects and sound word labels for recording
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Teaching activities
Introduction
Ask the children to sit in a circle. What sort of sounds can we make using our bodies? Some children demonstrate their sounds and the class copy them, e.g. clapping, stamping, clicking, whistling. Talk about how the sounds were made, and whether they were loud or quiet, tuneful or not. Pass an instrument around the circle. Ask children to find different ways of making sounds with it. Talk about the sounds made using words such as plucking or beating.
Activities
The children sit in four mixed ability groups. Two groups have a range of musical instruments; the other two have various pieces of classroom equipment. Ask them to find several ways of making loud sounds then quiet sounds. Each group then chooses one loud and one quiet sound to play to the rest of the class.
Ask children to draw or cut out pictures of the instruments, objects and body parts they used to make their sounds. A scribe in each group can write down sound words that their group come up with, e.g. loud, quiet, tuneful, plucking, banging, shaking, blowing, clapping, whistling. These can be used to make to a whole class collage.
Plenary
Each group plays their favourite sounds to the class. Ask one child to hide behind a screen and play an instrument you have hidden there. Ask the rest of the class questions. Is it loud or quiet? Is it one note or several notes? Is it made by plucking or banging? Encourage the children to guess the instrument and see if they're right.
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Extension
Tell the children to cover their ears with their hands. Ask them what effect this has on the sound they hear. Is it louder or quieter? Take them into the playground. One child plays a drum standing close to the rest of the class. Talk about how loud the sound is. The child with the drum then moves to the other side of the playground and plays their instrument again. What difference does this make to the sound?
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Suggested homework
Ask the children to make their own musical instrument, e.g. a tissue box with rubber bands around it, a pot with dry rice inside and a lid.
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