sound and heat
2.1 Practical and enquiry skills: a) Use a range of scientific methods and techniques to develop and test ideas and explanations;
3.1 Energy, electricity and forces; a) Energy can be transferred usefully, stored, or dissipated, but cannot be created or destroyed
3.2 Chemical and material behaviour: a) The particle model provides explanations for the different physical properties and behaviour of matter
How Science Works: 1.2 Practical and enquiry skills; 3.1 Particle models; 4.2 Energy transfer
Key Terms
3.1 Energy, electricity and forces; a) Energy can be transferred usefully, stored, or dissipated, but cannot be created or destroyed
3.2 Chemical and material behaviour: a) The particle model provides explanations for the different physical properties and behaviour of matter
How Science Works: 1.2 Practical and enquiry skills; 3.1 Particle models; 4.2 Energy transfer
- Understand how to change the loudness and the pitch of a sound
- Understand how sound waves can be compared using an oscilloscope
- Recognise the difference between logitudinal, transvers and surface waves
- Explain the meaning of frequency, wavelength and amplitude
- Describe sound waves
- Recognise that the speed of sound is different in different materials
- Describe how echoes can be used
- Calculate the speed of sound
- Explain what a sound wave is
- Recognise the difference between a compression and a rarefaction
- Understand how a loudspeaker produces sound
- Understand how sound travels through materials
- Use a model to explain how particles help transmit sounds
- Describe the hearing range in humans
- Describe the structure of the ear
- Understand what the different parts of the ear do
- Explain how our ears enable us to hear
- Explain what ultrasonic sound is
- Recognise the uses of ultrasonic sound
- Understand what we can do to protect ourselves from hearing damage
- Recognise what precautions employers need to take to protect their workers from hearing damage
- Recognise temperatures of some common objects
- Understand the difference between heat and temperature
- Understand how temperature is measured
- Identify different ways of heating things
- Explain how heaters make things hotter
- Explain how a microwave oven works
- Recognise the difference between conductors and insulators
- Explain conduction using a particle model
- Describe some uses of conductors and insulators
- Describe convection
- Explain convection using a particle model
- Recognise some applications of convection
- Explain how heat energy from the Sun travels to the Earth and what happens to it
- Describe what happens when radiant heat hits a surface
- Describe some uses of radiation or radiant heat
- Explain what radiant heat is
Key Terms
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noise
frequency tenor dissipate longitudinal wave compressions vacuum ossicles anvil Eustachian tube temperature absolute zero microwave radiator emit |
vibration
Hertz wavelength echo transverse wave rarefraction ultrasonic semi-circular canal stirup deaf celsius solar heat conduction radiant heat ultra-violet |
loud
oscilloscope amplitude mechanical wave surface wave dissipate ultrasound auditory nerve outer ear decibles kelvin infra-red heat flow radiation energy transfer |
soft
wave pattern sound wave electromagnetic wave sonar megaphone echolocation cochlea inner ear hot Fahrenheit insulated convection reflecting |
pitch
bass speed of sound matter waves wave energy particle eardum hammer middle ear cold thermometer immersion heater thermal absorbin |
Classroom Materials
Sound
Sound (ppt)
Sound Webquest
Speed of Sound worksheet
Great Gongs (practical)
Speed of Sound (ppt)
Animal Sounds worksheet
Animals Sounds
Sound in Solids, Liquids, Gases worksheet
Sounds waves worksheet
Ultrasonic Sound worksheet
Ear
Ear and Hearing Webquest
Ear Anatomy (ppt)
Ear Anatomy diagram
Hearing Loss (ppt)
Heat
Heat Energy (ppt)
The Heat is On worksheet
Heating and Cooling Revision Postern
Useful Links
BBC Bitesize Sound and Hearing
BBC Schools Science Clips Playing With Sound
BBC Bitesize on Heat and Temperature
Learning Outcomes
Video Clips
Sound
Sound (ppt)
Sound Webquest
Speed of Sound worksheet
Great Gongs (practical)
Speed of Sound (ppt)
Animal Sounds worksheet
Animals Sounds
Sound in Solids, Liquids, Gases worksheet
Sounds waves worksheet
Ultrasonic Sound worksheet
Ear
Ear and Hearing Webquest
Ear Anatomy (ppt)
Ear Anatomy diagram
Hearing Loss (ppt)
Heat
Heat Energy (ppt)
The Heat is On worksheet
Heating and Cooling Revision Postern
Useful Links
BBC Bitesize Sound and Hearing
BBC Schools Science Clips Playing With Sound
BBC Bitesize on Heat and Temperature
Learning Outcomes
- I know that sounds are made by vibrating objects.
- I know that sound becomes fainter further away from the source because energydissipates or spreads out.
- I know that sounds travel at different speeds in solids, liquids and gases.
- I can give some examples of common temperatures on the Celsius scale.
- I know how to calculate the speed of sound.
- I know what an echo is and I can explain what causes it.
- I can describe how insulators can reduce heat loss.
- I can describe conduction, convection and radiation.
- I know the difference between a compression and rarefaction.
- I can give some uses of an ultrasound.
- I can describe how temperature difference leads to a flow of energy.
- I can use the particle model to explain conduction and convection.
- I can use a model ear to describe some possible causes of hearing impairment.
- I can use my ideas about heat transfer to explain the use of conductors and insulators in a range of situations.
- I can use my ideas about energy to explain heat transfer by radiation.
- I can explain using ideas about energy transfer, the dissipation of heat and sound during transfer processes.
- I can describe the difference between logitudinal, transvers and surface waves
Video Clips
Some Amazing Sound Experiments
BBC Voices of the Sea
The Ear
Heat
