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Year 4 · Science

How Sounds Travel

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.

Activities covered

  • 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

Checked learning resources

  • Changing the pitch of sounds

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 4 lesson, video, worksheet and quizzes for practical pitch investigations using changes to vibrating objects.

  • Vibrations and solid materials

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 4 lesson, video, worksheet and quizzes explaining and investigating how sound vibrations travel through different materials.

  • Science: Sound in Solids, Liquids and Gases Year 4 Lesson 2

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Year 4 lesson follows vibrations through solids, liquids and gases and uses investigations to explain how sound travels from its source.

  • Science: Sound Insulation Year 4 Lesson 6

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Year 4 lesson investigates which materials absorb sound best and explains how and why soft materials are used for sound insulation.

  • Changing the pitch of sounds worksheet and quiz downloads

    Oak National Academy · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

    Year 4 downloadable Year 4 worksheet and starter and exit quizzes for practical pitch investigations using changes to vibrating objects.

  • Year 4 Sound: Changing Pitch Lesson 4

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Year 4 sound lesson and investigation sheets about changing pitch by altering the vibrating object, including length and water-level comparisons.

  • Vibrations and solid materials worksheet and quiz downloads

    Oak National Academy · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

    Year 4 downloadable Year 4 worksheet and starter and exit quizzes explaining and investigating how sound vibrations travel through different materials.

  • How vibrations travel

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Oak Year 4 sound lesson selected from the full activity context: travel, insulation, materials or pitch investigations.