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The calls of the forest

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Rainforests - NEW LOOK Musical Forests

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Objectives

Geography

  • Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts.

Design and Technology

  • Select from and use materials, including construction materials and textiles, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities.

Music

  • Produce creative work, exploring their ideas and recording their experiences.

Lesson Planning

Find out about the sounds made by some of the rainforest creatures; listen to and discuss the sounds of the forest; make panpipes and xylophones; recreate Amazonian sounds using your homemade instruments.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To build up knowledge of the sounds of the rainforest and imagine life there.
  • To make panpipes and xylophones out of found objects.
  • To discuss and recreate the sounds they might hear in the rainforest.

Children will:

  • Become familiar with the calls of the forest and imagine life there.
  • Make panpipes and xylophones out of found objects and recreate authentic Amazonian sounds.
  • Explore how to create an instrument with varying pitch.

You Will Need

  • Drinking straws
  • Small piece of stiff card
  • Lego base
  • Spanners of different sizes
  • Egg boxes
  • Jars and water
  • Plastic bottles
  • Cardboard tubes
  • Polystyrene strips
  • Blu-tak

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