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Light and sound are produced by a range of sources and can be sensed (VCSSU049)

Sources of Light and Sound Subject Based Preview Unit
Sharing What I Know About Sources of Light and Sound · Pretesting and Familiarisation Your students will share what they know about where light and sound come from.
Sources of Light and Sound Glossary · Pretesting and Familiarisation Your students are going to become familiar with words that they will use during this learning sequence.
Listening Walk · Learning Opportunities Your students will take a listening walk around the school, listening for and recording different sounds.
Sound: Vibration · Learning Opportunities You students will observe how sound waves cause vibrations and make a kazoo to explore vibrations.
Sound: Making Sounds · Learning Opportunities Your students will explore different actions used to make sounds using musical instruments and participate in an online quiz.
Sources of Light · Learning Opportunities Your students will explore sources of light and design a house that blocks out light for a nocturnal animal using craft or construction materials.
Sunlight and Shadows · Learning Opportunities Your students will learn how shadows are created before exploring shadows and creating shadow art using interesting shaped objects.
Sharing What I Learnt About Sources of Light and Sound · Demonstration of Understanding Your students will share what they have learnt during this learning sequence by adding, removing or changing what they wrote or drew on their 'What I Know' sheet.

Light and Sound Discovery Preview Unit
Concept of Discovery · Pretesting and Familiarisation Your students will discover how to make a rainbow in the classroom.
Building Instruments: Woodwind · Learning Opportunities Your students will learn how sounds are made as air move around objects as they use straws to make a pan flute.
Building Instruments: Making a New Instrument · Learning Opportunities Your students will discover how to make sounds by experimenting with different materials.
Shadow Experiment · Learning Opportunities Your students will learn about the sun as a source of light as they record how shadows move during the day.
Puppet Production: Selecting a Story · Learning Opportunities Your students will select a picture storybook for their puppet production.
Puppet Production: Sounds of a Story · Learning Opportunities Your students will consider what sounds that they can make to help tell their story.
Pretest · Pretesting and Familiarisation Your students will record what they know about light and sound.
Immersion · Pretesting and Familiarisation Your students will experiment with making sounds to tell a story.
Building Instruments: Percussion · Learning Opportunities Your students will learn how different objects move and make sounds depending on their size and shape as they build maracas.

Stimulating Science Change Preview Unit
Physics: Forms Of Energy · Learning Opportunities Your students will learn about different forms of energy.
Physics: Making Sounds · Learning Opportunities Your students will learn about sound waves as they work in groups to make sounds.
Habit of Mind: Gathering Data Through All Senses · Pretesting and Familiarisation Your students will learn about the habit of 'Gathering Data Through All Senses'.