This differentiated science lesson focuses on investigating in response to the question – which material is the best at muffling sound. The file contains the following resources:

- an editable lesson plan
- an editable presentation
- editable differentiated independent activities
- editable challenge activity
- editable next step activity

National curriculum objectives:
Science: Year4:
Pupils should be taught to find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it; recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases; setting up simple practical enquiries, comparative and fair tests; reporting on findings from enquiries, including oral and written explanations, displays or presentations of results and conclusion; using results to draw simple conclusions, make predictions for new values, suggest improvements and raise further questions.

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