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

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 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

Listening to interesting sounds and beginning to describe them.

Classroom Activity 5-11

This activity is useful to begin to develop a descriptive language for sound (recognising the many qualities of the sound in...

Classroom Activity 5-11

To begin to develop a shared way of describing sounds and the sources of those sounds. These representations can usefully...

Classroom Activity 5-11

Developing the vocabulary used to describe sound in a new and challenging context.

Classroom Activity 5-11

This activity reinforces the need to set an object vibrating to make a sound, and explored the varying ways in which it can be...

Classroom Activity 5-11

Some 'finding out' to reinforce ideas on sound.

Classroom Activity 5-11

Exploring routes taken by vibrations.

Classroom Activity 5-11

Sending messages using sound enables us to think about the vibrations. This activity, as well as enabling an engaging and...

Classroom Activity 5-11