A labelling diagram for Year 4 science on the parts of the ear. A cross-section shows the outer ear, the ear canal, the eardrum, the small bones, the coiled cochlea and the yellow auditory nerve. Six lines marked A to F point to them. Pupils copy each name from a six-word word bank. The answer key on page 2 runs from A, the pinna, to F, the auditory nerve, in the order a sound travels. It supports the England National Curriculum sound unit.
Sound
“Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear”
Partly met. The labels follow the route of a sound into the ear, but the sheet does not mention vibrations or a medium. Add that when you talk through the diagram.
A word bank of six parts and a cross-section of the ear with label lines A to F.
The six labels, which follow the path of a sound from the pinna inwards.
Trace the sound
After labelling, ask pupils to draw an arrow from A to F to show the path a sound takes.
Drum demo
Put rice on a drum skin and tap the drum. Then point to C on the diagram and explain that the eardrum vibrates in the same way.
Sound unit opener
Use it early in the sound unit so pupils know the words eardrum and cochlea before you teach vibrations.
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