This activity focuses on the idea that anything producing a sound must be vibrating. We think it best to start off with...

Classroom Activity 5-11 11-14

This activity focuses on the design of devices to detect sounds. The structure of the ear is important here, but you will also...

Classroom Activity 11-14

The aim of this activity is to look for the vibrations between the source and detector. What happens between source and...

Classroom Activity 11-14

Here you can show how a simple model of the paths that sound can follow allows us to predict where things will and will not be...

Classroom Activity 11-14

These diagnostic questions can be used to check the pupils' understanding of sound.

Diagnostic Questions 11-14

The aim here is to bring together the concepts of pitch and frequency. Pupils are encouraged to relate what they hear (high...

Classroom Activity 11-14

The aim of this activity is to reinforce the relationship between pitch and frequency, and to give some feeling for the...

Classroom Activity 5-11 11-14

This activity allows you to introduce the idea that most sounds are made up of many frequencies, and this provides us with a...

Classroom Activity 11-14

The aim of this activity is to make the link between the loudness of a sound and the magnitude of the vibration that produces...

Classroom Activity 11-14

This emphasises the graph as a story about something and a way of communicating. It is an opportunity to increase pupils'...

Classroom Activity 5-11 11-14

A widespread activity is to make a rough measurement of the speed of sound by timing the gap between making a sound and...

Classroom Activity 5-11 11-14

This activity introduces shielding from sound. Here you need to make sure that children can apply the ideas of reflection and...

Classroom Activity 11-14