Elementary Science Topics: Sound

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Tennessee standards for Elementary Science
Links verified 2/28/2009

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Sound

1. 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
2. Climb aboard on the Magic Bus and discover how sounds are made - 2nd grade WebQuest
3. Do-a-rein-deer - Make your own music by using the mouse to squeeze the reindeer nose!
4. Drum Machine - make your own rhythm or drum patterns with popular Unifix cubes.
5. DrumPad - a downloadable program using Excel; Play the drums on your computer
6. New York Philharmonic Kidzone has an Instrument Storage Room where you can hear each instrument play. (click on the picture of an ear)
7. Juice Bottle Jingles -By filling juice bottles with different amounts of water, you can create some catchy tunes!
8. Learn about musical instruments - Click on each instrument and hear what it sounds like!
9. Light and Sound Matching game - a Quia quiz
10. Make your own musical instruments - from Mudkat for Kids
11. Make Your Own Rain Stick - With an empty paper towel roll and some uncooked rice, you can create this South American musical instrument.
12. Math, Science and Sound Activities - Waves and Frequency
13. 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.
14. Musical Clang - [this link opens in a new window] Make music by clicking the mouse and tapping the keyboard
15. 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.
16. Musical Fraction Bars - your fractions will transform into a musical composition you can see and hear
17. The Nature of a Sound Wave - be sure you see the animation
18. Pattern Block Rock - In this activity, you can compose and play your own rhythmic songs using geometric shapes.
19. Physical Processes: Changing Sound - experiment with changing pitch of a guitar

    1. Quiz on Physical Processes: Changing Sound -
20. The Science of Sound - posted by 5th Grade Applied Science students from Bethune Academy
21. Sound Activities - from PBS
22. Sound - [this link opens on a new page] a Quia quiz
23. Sound - [this link opens on a new page] Repeat this activity several times. You'll get new matches each time. (from Quia)
24. 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.
25. The Sound Site - Activities, performances and more!
26. Sound is a Longitudinal Wave - a good animation
27. Sound is a Pressure Wave - accompanied by some nice animations
28. Sounds from the Vault - Learn about instruments and their beginning. Sound files included.
29. Vibrating String - experiment online; movement and sound for the first four notes of the harmonic series
30. More sound links can be found on the Physics page of Internet4Classrooms.

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