Year 4 · Science

How Sounds Travel

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Focus on how sound travels through materials. Start with “Investigate How Sounds Travel”, then explain the idea in your own words.

Year 4 learners practise how sound travels through materials.

The activities include Investigate How Sounds Travel, Investigate How to Change the Pitch of a Sound Using Bottles of Water, Investigate Sound Insulators, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, lesson, interactive. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

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Investigate How Sounds Travel
Investigate How to Change the Pitch of a Sound Using Bottles of Water
Investigate Sound Insulators
Investigate the Speed of Sound Through Different Materials
Understand How Sound Insulators Work

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