Questions/instructions:

This activity uses the computer.
Your team is going to work together to make the sounds of a storm.

We’ll begin this activity by watching a video showing a storm. This video doesn’t have any sound.

As you watch, think about the sounds you might hear during a storm, because after the video your team is going to make up the sounds of a storm.

Click the Storm button. The video will start. The video has no sound.
1. What are some sounds you might hear during a storm?

Now it’s time for your team to work together to make up the sounds of a storm. Try to make them interesting by having different sounds that tell the story of the storm.

At the beginning there is no storm, then it gradually builds up into a storm. The storm keeps going for a while, then it gradually dies down until the storm is over.

Use your voices and bodies in all kinds of interesting and different ways to make up lots of sounds. You have a few minutes to talk about and practise your storm, then I will ask you to perform it for me. Remember, at the beginning there is no storm, then it gradually builds up into a storm. The storm keeps going for a while, then it gradually dies down until the storm is over. Talk about who will make the different sounds and when they will make them. You might like to have one person in your team act as the conductor.

Allow time.
Now it is time to perform your storm from the beginning to the end.

Commentary:
Year 4 students performed a little better than year 8 students on this task, perhaps suggesting that many year 8 students found it embarrassing to participate enthusiastically in this task.