Learning objective

Knowledge:

  • To describe pitch and how to change it.

Working scientifically:

  • To design simple results tables.

Success criteria

Knowledge:

  • I can define the term pitch.
  • I can identify

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National curriculum

Science

Sound

Pupils should be

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display slide 1 of the Presentation: Sirens and listen to the audio clip of an ambulance passing by.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could be provided with the Knowledge organiser and directed to the third section, which explains pitch; could use the Resource: Making musical instruments (support) to help them create their instruments; could use the Presentation: Designing a table to help them draw their table. 

Pupils working at greater depth

Should add an extra column to their data table and record the different volumes of their musical instrument; should compare pitch and volume and draw sound waves for each to explain the differences; could choose an extension activity relating to pitch from the Resource: Stretch and challenge: Sound and vibrations.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: defining the term pitch; identifying the

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Knowledge outcomes

  • I can define the term pitch as how high or low a sound is.
  • I can identify the unit of pitch as hertz (Hz).
  • I can describe how to change the pitch of different musical instruments.

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Vocabulary definitions

  • hertz (Hz)

    The unit used to measure the pitch of a sound.

  • high pitch

    A sound caused by quick vibrations.

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