The sound that started it all...

This term we are inquiring into The Science of Sound. We explored what sound is, what it would look like and how the ear works.

Sound is...
...a sort of waves of air and a sort of vibration
...noises. All sounds are different. Sound is a vibration.
...something that comes from most things in the universe. It can be heard by most creatures in the animal kingdom.
Sound comes in sound waves. You make sound waves by playing instruments, tapping things with pencils and billions of other ways. Sound is a reaction.
Sound comes from sound waves which go into your ears and hit your ear drum that creates sound.

If sound was a picture it would look like...

This is what an ear looks like:

This week the spelling is also based around our inquiring into..

Spelling Words

science
sound waves
vibrate
pattern
hearing
auditory
pinna (pinnae is plural)
ear canal
ear drum
ossicles
cochlea

And lastly we watched these cool sound videos: