Science

Year 4

Module 6 - Sound

Pupils should be taught to:

identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating
recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear
find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it
find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it
recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases.

Sounds

We considered what they are, how they travel through different states of matter and linked this to our Music lessons.

The ear

We learnt about the three parts of the ear and the function of the small parts in our ear.

Pitch

This is when we think about high and low sounds.

We made pan flutes out of paper straws to help us understand pitch better. We also explored the instruments in the learning lounge.

Module 5 - states of matter

Pupils will be taught:

observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C)
identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature.

Water cycle

The water cycle has four stages

We learnt that the water cycle has four stages; Condensation, Precipitation, collection and evaporation.

We considered the importance of the water cycle. We learnt that water plays an imppornat part in our daily lives through the differnt types of weather. We considered what happens if theres too much rain. There could be floods and damage to crops and home.

Observing changes to water

Salt on top of water

The salt made the ice harder to melt.

Salt on top of water

The water that had melted tuned to ice when it had touched the salt.

Ice over hot water

The ice began to melt, we could see the ice cubes get smaller and turn to water.

Ice over hot water

Condensation appeared under the cling film. The hot air turned water vapour.

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