Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe ways of changing the volume of a sound using musical instruments and a worksheet to record different ways of changing the volume of sounds between high and low when playing musical instruments.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore and record different ways of making loud and quiet sounds using a range of musical instruments.

This lesson is part of a science scheme of work to get the children to identify how sounds are made by vibration, investigate ways of changing pitch and volume and test how some materials can be used for soundproofing. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.