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ScienceWaves, Light & Soundusually ages 8–9

Sound Fading with Distance

Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases

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Can your child explain why a friend's voice gets harder to hear the further away they walk?

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Sound Travels Through Materialsages 8–9Must know sound travels through media before understanding it fades with distance
Sound Fading with Distancethis skill · ages 8–9
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Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 ACARA · 2 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9S2U02low confidenceYear 2 · Science understanding

explore different actions to make sounds and how to make a variety of sounds, and recognise that sound energy causes objects to vibrate

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2S2U12low confidenceScience · Foundation to Level 2 · Science Understanding strand
VC2TDE6C01low confidenceDesign and Technologies · Levels 5 and 6 · Technologies Contexts strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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Pitch of Soundsages 8–9 Sound Travels Through Materialsages 8–9 Volume & Vibrationsages 8–9 How Shadows Formages 7–8

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