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Sound
Bleach Bottle
Banjo - based on the traditional practice of spiking a length of wood through
a sound box resonator made from materials such as a calabash, coconut shell, cigar
box, or a plastic container
Do-a-rein-deer
- Make your own music by using the mouse to squeeze the reindeer nose!
Drum Machine - make
your own rhythm or drum patterns with popular Unifix cubes.
DrumPad
- a downloadable program using Excel; Play the drums on your computer
New
York Philharmonic Kidzone has an Instrument
Storage Room where you can hear each instrument play. (click on the picture
of an ear)
Juice
Bottle Jingles -By filling juice bottles with different amounts of water,
you can create some catchy tunes!
Music
Maker - Click on the Start button or select a song. Ignore
the registration screen that pops up, select Maybe Later to go
directly to the activity. You can change instruments and add notes to the score
by selecting keys on the piano keyboard.
Musical
Clang - [this link opens in a
new window] Make music by clicking the mouse and tapping the keyboard
Musical
Craft Projects - (free music related craft projects and patterns) Use many
creative techniques and supplies to make a variety of musical instrument crafts.
Make your own drums, guitars, cymbals, and more.
Musical
Fraction Bars - your fractions will transform into a musical composition you
can see and hear
Pattern
Block Rock - In this activity, you can compose and play your own rhythmic
songs using geometric shapes. Pattern Block Rock
- In this activity, you can compose and play your own rhythmic songs using geometric
shapes.
Sound
- [this link opens on a new page] a Quia quiz
Sound
- [this link opens on a new page] Repeat this activity
several times. You'll get new matches each time. (from Quia)
Sound
in the Science Lab - [this link opens on a new page]
Select Sound in the list of labs. The illustration is animated
and shows how clapping hands make sound. Next, click on Exploring Pitch
and Volume near the top of the sound window. Strike the glasses hard
and then gently and observe the difference. Now look at the sound waves as you
strike different glases. Click on the book in the bottom left
corner to read about sound.