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Year 7 · Science

Sound Waves

Year 7 learners practise how sound waves travel explained.

The activities include Compare the Hearing Ranges of Humans and Animals, Describe How Sound Travels in Different Materials, Explain Reflection and Absorption of Sound Waves, and related practice. The checked support below includes teach, video, teaching, worksheet. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Compare the Hearing Ranges of Humans and Animals
  • Describe How Sound Travels in Different Materials
  • Explain Reflection and Absorption of Sound Waves
  • Interpret and Calculate Properties of Sound Waves
  • Interpret Properties of Sound Waves
  • Understand the Difference in the Hearing Ranges of Humans and Animals

Checked learning resources

  • KS3 Science Home Learning: Using Sound Lesson Pack

    Twinkl · Teach · Account may be required

    This KS3 Waves lesson directly covers reflection and absorption of sound waves and the uses of echoes in technology and nature.

  • Oak lesson video: Sound Waves

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    KS3 science video lesson. I can describe the movement of particles in a sound wave travelling through a solid, liquid or gas, and explain the relative speed of sound in each state of matter. Sound waves are caused when o

  • Oak lesson video: Reflecting And Absorbing Sound

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    KS3 science video lesson. I can describe factors that affect how much sound a material or object might reflect or absorb, and explain ways to reduce noise. Sound reflects from hard surfaces. An echo is when a sound is he

  • Oak lesson slides: Sound Waves

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    KS3 science lesson. I can describe the movement of particles in a sound wave travelling through a solid, liquid or gas, and explain the relative speed of sound in each state of matter. Sound waves are caused when objects

  • Oak lesson slides: Reflecting And Absorbing Sound

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    KS3 science lesson. I can describe factors that affect how much sound a material or object might reflect or absorb, and explain ways to reduce noise. Sound reflects from hard surfaces. An echo is when a sound is heard ag

  • Sound: frequency, wavelength and amplitude worksheet

    BBC Teach · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    Secondary sound worksheet uses wave traces to interpret frequency, wavelength and amplitude and connect them to pitch and loudness.

  • Wave Properties: Comparing Waves

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    KS3 quantitative practice compares pairs of oscilloscope traces and calculates or measures amplitude, frequency and wavelength, with support, answers and teacher notes.

  • Sound, light and vision

    Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website

    Year 7 Science resource matched to how sound waves travel explained.