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Understand How to Make Sounds With Instruments

In this worksheet, students will answer questions about how we make musical sounds using wind, string and percussion instruments.

'Understand How to Make Sounds With Instruments' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 2

Year:  Year 4 Science worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Sound

Curriculum subtopic:   Sounds and Vibrations

Difficulty level:  

Worksheet Overview

selection of instruments

 

Lots of things around us make sounds. We can make sounds in different ways.

 

Some things make sounds when we blow into them, like this recorder:

 

Recorder

 

Some things make sounds when we hit them, like this triangle:

 

Triangle

 

Some things makes sounds when we pluck the strings, like this guitar:

 

Guitar

 

Let's have a look at the sounds instruments make.

 

boy listening

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