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Sound and Waves

Levels 3 and 4

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NZC Achievement Objectives
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Te Mātauranga o Aotearoa
  • Force and Motion: Investigate and use scientific models of force and motion, and some applications, e.g. friction, levers and pulleys.


  • Waves and Particles: Investigate and use scientific models to explain the physical phenomena of light, sound and heat.


  • Electricity and Magnetism: Investigate and use simple scientific models of electrical circuits and magnets.

  • Te Tōpana me te Nekenga: Ka tūhura, ka whakamahi i te tauira pūtaiao hei whakaatu i te tōpana me te nekenga, me ētahi whakamahinga, pēnei i te waku, te kauwhiti me te tauru.


  • Te Ngaru me te Ngotangota: Ka tūhura, ka whakamahi i te tauira pūtaiao hei whakaatu i te aho, te oro me te pōkākā.


  • Te Hiko me te Autō: Ka tūhura, ka whakamahi i ngā tauira pūtaiao māmā mō ngā ara iahiko me ngā autō.

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Learning Intentions
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Integration Ideas

Learning Intentions are from the Ministry of Education

Integration ideas are from the Ministry of Education

Level 3

  • Students can explain their ideas about how sound is produced by vibrations.

  • Students can identify the relationship between the amount of water in a bottle and the note produced. Students can understand the difference between sounds made by blowing on a bottle organ and sounds made by tapping.

  • Students can investigate and describe how an ear-trumpet works. They can describe how hearing aids affect the lives of deaf people.

  • The Arts (Dance): Explain how traditional dances reflect the geographical settings of different cultures eg. in their instruments, costumes, formations, and movements.


  • The Arts (Music - Sound Arts): Listen to, discuss, and perform the music of the tangata whenua on environmental issues.


  • The Arts (Music - Sound Arts): Draw on environmental issues to make a musical statement eg. a rap, an advertising jingle.


  • English (Reading and Viewing): Listen to and view a range of music and dance from different countries and discuss how ideas and stories on environmental issues are conveyed through rhythm and movement

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