You Will Need
Provided Resources
- Activity sheets (1 per child)
Additional Resources
- A range of instruments of any type available (stringed, drums, recorders and percussion)
Pitch and volume
Science Year 4
This unit is part of
Year 4 Science Listen Up!
Objectives
Investigate pitch and volume by exploring instruments and the different sounds they make.
Science Objectives
i) Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it.
ii) Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it.
Working Scientifically
- Report on findings from enquiries, including oral and written explanations, displays or presentations of results and conclusions.
- Identify differences, similarities or changes related to simple scientific ideas and processes.
- Use straightforward scientific evidence to answer questions or to support their findings.
Other Curriculum Areas
Music
- Understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated, including through the inter-related dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations.
Extended Writing Opportunities
Explanation text: Make a picture book summarising what you have found out about sound, how to vary the pitch of a sound and the pattern between the pitch and volume of a sound.
Lesson Planning
Teaching
- Notice patterns between the pitch and volume of a sound and the features of the object that produced it. Use understanding of pitch and volume to answer questions about soundwaves.
Activities
- Understand that sound is a form of energy and will know that the more energy that is put into creating a sound, the louder the sound that is made.
- Look for patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it.
- Begin to see a pattern between the pitch and volume of a sound and the shape of the wave it produces.
Investigation - exploring/pattern seeking
Investigate pitch and volume by exploring instruments and the different sounds they make.
Vocabulary
Sound, volume, loudness, amplitude, pitch, soundwave, frequency