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Year 5 Science – Investigating Insulators!

In the Autumn term Year 5 were investigating sound and insulators. They came up with a method of wrapping an iPad in different materials to find out which material muffled the sound the most! Using decibel-meters, the children accurately measured the amount of sound emitted from the iPads before recording the results in tables.    

In the Autumn term Year 5 were investigating sound and insulators. They came up with a method of wrapping an iPad in different materials to find out which material muffled the sound the most! Using decibel-meters, the children accurately measured the amount of sound emitted from the iPads before recording the results in tables.

 

 

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