Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Understand that we hear sounds with our ears and that hearing is one of our senses.
• Talk to each other about what makes a difference to how well they can hear a whistle when it is blown (Yr1).
• Together, draw up instructions for optimum hearing of the playground whistle, to demonstrate their learning and understanding.
• Extend the investigation by considering if hoods make a difference to hearing (Yr2).

Activities

1. Understand that we hear sounds with our ears and that hearing is one of our senses.
2. Begin to understand that some factors affect the hearing of the whistle (Yr1).
3. Draw up instructions for optimum hearing of the playground whistle, to demonstrate their learning and understanding.
4. Explore the extension question Do hoods make a difference to hearing? (Yr2).

Investigation - pattern seeking
Talk to each other about what makes a difference to how well they can hear a whistle when it is blown.
Year 1/2 - Investigate ideas by going outside and asking and extending questions and noticing patterns.
Year 2 - Extend the investigation by considering how to make it fair and looking at what can be changed and what should stay the same.

Vocabulary
Ears, senses, hearing, spotting patterns