Higher and lower sounds
I can identify high and low pitched sounds.
Higher and lower sounds
I can identify high and low pitched sounds.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Pitch and volume are different things.
- Pitch describes how high or low a sound is.
- Amusia, or tone deafness, is the inability to detect pitch, and only affects around 4% of the population.
- Sound is made when an object vibrates. Different objects produce different pitch sounds when they vibrate.
- Some objects vibrate to produce more than one pitched sound.
Keywords
Sound - We hear sound with our ears.
Pitch - Pitch is a measure of how high or how low a sound is.
Detect - To detect something is to find it or discover that it is present.
Vibrations - Vibrations are when an object moves very fast from side to side.
Common misconception
Children may think that the volume of sound and the pitch of sound is the same thing, or that high sounds are loud and low sounds are quiet.
It is important to expose children to a wide range of high and low pitched sounds. Continue to make the distinction between volume and pitch throughout the lesson.
Equipment
Reusable plastic bottle and glass bottle (of similar sizes), 30 cm ruler made of quite flexible plastic.
Content guidance
- Exploration of objects
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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