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Vibrations & Sound
CONCEPTUALUnderstand that vibrating materials can make sound, and that sound can make materials vibrate
Mastery Evidence
- Describe that sounds are made when objects vibrate (move back and forth quickly)
- Give at least three examples of vibrating objects making sound (drum skin, guitar string, voice box)
- Demonstrate that sound can cause objects to vibrate (e.g. rice on a drum jumps when you shout near it)
Assessment Prompt
“Can [child] pluck a rubber band and explain that the vibrating band makes the sound, and then hold a ruler on a speaker and see it shake from the music?”
Curriculum Standards2 alignments
1-PS4-1Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) K-5codes onlyStandard code — full text not included in this dataset.
Y4.Sci.Snd.1The national curriculum in EnglandHow sounds are made (vibrations)
identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating
Science · Key Stage 2
Prerequisites2
- Light & Sound VocabularyhardAges 6—8
- Communication with Light & SoundhardAges 6—7
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- Light & Sound Vocabulary hard
Understanding vibrating materials and sound requires 'vibration' vocabulary
- Communication with Light & Sound hard
Must understand how sound works before designing a communication device using it
- Light & Seeing in the Dark hard
Must understand how light works before designing a communication device using it
- Light & Sound Vocabulary hard
Observing that objects need illumination to be seen requires the 'light source' vocabulary
Unlocks5
- Volume & VibrationshardAges 8—9
- Pitch of SoundshardAges 8—9
- Wave Properties & TypessoftAges 11—12
- How energy travels aroundsoftAges 9—10
- Sound Travels Through MaterialshardAges 8—9