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Schemes of Work
QCA

Science at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 1)

Unit 1F: Sound and hearing
Section 3: Making different sounds

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • that there are many different ways of making sounds
  • to present results and to interpret these

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Present children with a range of musical instruments eg percussion, recorders, and other objects eg rattles, spoons, cardboard, and ask children to explore how these make sounds and to group them eg into those you shake, pluck, bang, blow. Help children to represent their groups eg in a chart or by labelling groups and ask them to compare the groups and suggest what this shows.
  • identify different ways in which simple musical instruments make sounds
  • group instruments and objects and compare how many there are in each group

Points to note


Sections in this unit

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This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
1. Introduction
2. Listening to sounds
3. Making different sounds
4. Describing sounds
5. Body sounds
6. How we hear
7. Hearing and safety
8. Loud sounds
9. Testing sound and distance
10. Presenting the results
11. Review