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Exploring Pitch & Volume + STEM Journal

Exploring Pitch & Volume + STEM Journal

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Discover the musical science of pitch and volume with this engaging Year 4 bundle!

This comprehensive resource pack combines our popular STEM Journal with hands-on investigations and instrument-making activities that explore the properties of sound. Perfect for Key Stage 2 learners, children will create musical instruments, investigate pitch and volume, and discover how sound can be changed while documenting their experiments in their STEM Journal.

What's Included:

  • STEM Journal (PDF book) - Interactive notebook for recording sound experiments, observations, and musical discoveries
  • Discover Shakers - Create and test shakers to explore how different materials affect sound
  • Water Xylophone - Build a musical instrument using water to investigate pitch
  • Investigating String Sounds - Explore how string length and tension affect pitch and volume
  • Exploring Pitch - Investigate what makes sounds high or low through practical experiments
  • Exploring The Volume Of Sound - Discover how to make sounds louder or quieter

Learning Benefits:

  • Supports Year 4 National Curriculum science objectives for sound
  • Develops understanding of pitch, volume, and how sounds can be changed
  • STEM Journal promotes scientific recording and musical exploration
  • Integrates science with music through instrument making and experimentation
  • Builds knowledge of how vibrations create different pitches and volumes
  • Encourages creativity and scientific enquiry through hands-on activities
  • Perfect for cross-curricular STEM and music learning
  • Makes abstract sound concepts tangible through instrument creation

Ideal for: Teachers, home educators, and parents teaching Year 4 science and music to KS2 children exploring sound.

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This KS2 topic combines science and music through engaging, hands-on activities that help students explore the world of sound. Learners create musical instruments from recyclables to experiment with pitch, investigate how string sounds change with different materials, and explore sound volume using string telephones and muffling activities—all while learning about how sound travels and its relationship to distance.Now including a printable STEM Journal, this resource encourages students to record their observations, predictions, and reflections, making learning both fun and meaningful while supporting the national curriculum.

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