Year-7 Physics Sound: Energy Transfer

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In this lesson students will explain how sound travels, discuss the different states of matter that sound can travel through and compare the speeds of sound and light.

Year-7 Physics Sound: Energy Transfer

In this Year-7 Physics Sound: Energy Transfer lesson, students will explain how sound travels, discuss the different states of matter that sound can travel through and compare the speeds of sound and light.

The slides include extension questions, and students can choose from a variety of different tasks.

This lesson includes:

  • Title slide with learning objectives
  • A starter activity
  • Group reading (literacy)
  • Keywords task (vocabulary: medium, vacuum, superpose, rarefaction and compression)
  • Comprehension questions
  • Numeracy questions
  • True or false discussion exercise
  • Answer slides included for self-assessment

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Next Lesson: Loudness and Pitch 

Link to next lesson: Loudness and Pitch

In this lesson students will describe the link between frequency and pitch and the link between amplitude and loudness. They will learn how to interpret wave diagrams and use them to comment on relative loudness and pitch.


Lessons for Key Stage 3, Year 7 Physics Topic 2 Sound

  1. Waves
  2. Energy Transfer
  3. Loudness and Pitch
  4. The Ear
  5. Echoes and Ultrasound
  6. Sound End of Topic Revision Lesson

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