This term Year 1 students are learning about sound. We started the term by identifying sounds that we could hear in the classroom and around the school. In the classroom we did experiments wearing blindfolds and had fun guessing what materials were being tapped. We also played a game of body percussion and had to guess how the sound was made.
We have learned that movement is key for sound to happen. Therefore when something vibrates, a sound is made. In other experiments we could see, hear and feel the vibrations. To feel vibrations we put our hand on our throat while we sang, watched a ruler vibrate on the desk when we twanged it, plucked a rubber band around a container and struck a drum with rice on top to see it bounce from the vibrations.
Some classrooms made instruments and used them to retell a story. Sounds are everywhere, can you make an instrument at home that makes an interesting sound?
