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Year 4 · Science

Sounds And Vibrations

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Focus on how sounds are made by vibrations. Start with “Explore How Sounds are Made”, then explain the idea in your own words.

Year 4 learners practise how sounds are made by vibrations.

The activities include Explore How Sounds are Made, Investigate How to Make Sounds Louder or Quieter, Recognise How Sounds are Made by Musical Instruments, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching-practice, interactive, lesson. 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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Activities covered

  • Explore How Sounds are Made
  • Investigate How to Make Sounds Louder or Quieter
  • Recognise How Sounds are Made by Musical Instruments
  • Recognise How to Change the Amplitude of Musical Instruments
  • Recognise that Sound Volume is Related to the Distance from the Source
  • Study How Sounds Travel to our Ears
  • Understand How Sounds are Made
  • Understand How Sounds are Made by Musical Instruments
  • Understand How Sounds Travel to Our Ear
  • Understand How the Strength of Vibrations Affects Volume
  • Understand How to Make Sounds With Instruments

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WatchOak National Academy

How sounds are made

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WatchOak National Academy

Louder and quieter sounds

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WatchOak National Academy

Distance from sounds: plan

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WatchOak National Academy

How vibrations travel

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