Can you change the volume and pitch of sound in a variety of ways? This box has the equipment you will need to create, measure and change sounds scientifically in your classroom.
Curriculum links
Year 4 Science: Sound
- 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.
What’s in the box?
- Sound Level Meter
- Tuning Forks
- Sound Muffling and Insulation box
- Wire Helix Slinkies
- Model ear
Download full contents list here.
Download the NUSTEM hazard identification sheet for this box here.
Find out how to use the slinkies to model a sound wave with this activity from Science World.
Activities to support the use of this box in school and at home
See the sound waves made by your voice by making this simple tonoscope.
You will need a tube, plastic bag, some sugar or salt and a straw to investigate how sound waves work.
Careers links – coming soon!
