Sounds are vibrations that travel through the air to our ears. We know that light travels in a straight line, but what about sound? Unravel the mysteries of sound with our engaging Seeking Sound Waves Experiment. Have your students ever wondered how sound travels from its source to our ears? Help them find out through this immersive Seeking Sound Waves Experiment!

How to Facilitate This Experiment on Sound

The learning objective of this experiment on sound is for students to explore and understand how sound waves travel from the source to our ears.

Your students’ challenge is to identify four distinct listening positions, at least one of which is obstructed by a barrier, such as a wall. They will then predict whether the sound will reach their ears at each location. Then, they’ll record their hypotheses on the provided worksheet.

Scientific Steps:

1. Set the Stage: Position the sound source where it would typically be heard.
2. Hypothesise & Explore: Move to each listening position and note if the sound is audible. Circle ‘Yes’ if heard, ‘No’ if not.

You’ll need a sound source—be it a musical device, a whistle, or a musical instrument.

Completing the Sound Experiment with Engaging Recording Sheets

This Sound Experiment also includes three worksheets for students to record their scientific findings.  First, they’ll illustrate listening positions and hypothesise sound audibility (‘Yes’ or ‘No’). They’ll then record their results and document the experiment’s outcome. Next, they’ll participate in a discussion to interpret and discuss the implications of their findings. Next, students must sketch how the sound moved (or didn’t) from the source to their ears. The final exercise, the conclusion, asks them to reflect on whether their hypotheses were accurate and how they reached their conclusions.

This resource is available as a printable PDF and as an editable Google Slides resource file. To get your copy, click the dropdown arrow on the download button and select your preferred file type.

This resource was created by Brittany Kellogg, a teacher and Teach Starter collaborator.

More Worksheets and Sound Experiments for Kids

Don’t stop there! We’ve got loads of worksheets and sound experiments for kids in our library. Make sure you check these out before you go!

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