Sound: What Can I Hear

Sound: What can I hear?

Team 5’s Inquiry focus this term is about Physics and the Science of ‘Sound’.

This week you are going to write an explanation about the different types of sounds that you can hear in your environment.

Think about the sounds that surround you - at home, at school, outside.

What types of sounds can you hear? Where do they come from? Use the table to help you organise your ideas:

	Home	School	Outside	Other
What types of sounds can you hear?	Phone ringing A little song rings	People talking It’s like a group of gorillas chatting	Wind Blowing The sound of talking people	Cars whizzing A rumbling sound of car engines
Which sounds do you like listening to? Why?	The Toilet Flush Water smashing in the inside, like crashing waves.	Door Slammin & making squeaky sounds	Beach Gusts of the water came crashing towards the shore	Boats Grey air coming out of a cylinder tube and a loud engine
What sounds are annoying? Why?	Crying Baby Squeaky voices & high pitched sound	Birds Flapping sounds and chirping voice	Banging Hard slams and cupboard doors falling	Television Buzzing and loud sounds

Finally, think about what your world would be like if you didn't have sound. What would it be like if you couldn’t hear a single thing, or if you had to live in absolute silence? What do you think it would be like?

If the world was silent, it would not be so fun without sound and we cannot communicate with each other that well.