Sound

Links verified 5/9/2024

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. New York Philharmonic Kidzone has an Instrument Storage Room where you can hear each instrument play. (click on the picture of an ear)
6. Juice Bottle Jingles -By filling juice bottles with different amounts of water, you can create some catchy tunes! 
7. Learn about musical instruments - Click on each instrument and hear what it sounds like!
8. Light and Sound Matching game - a Quia quiz
9. Make your own musical instruments - from Mudkat for Kids
10. Make Your Own Rain Stick - With an empty paper towel roll and some uncooked rice, you can create this South American musical instrument.
11. Math, Science and Sound Activities - Waves and Frequency
12. Musical Fraction Bars - your fractions will transform into a musical composition you can see and hear
13. The Nature of a Sound Wave - be sure you see the animation
14. Pattern Block Rock - In this activity, you can compose and play your own rhythmic songs using geometric shapes.
15. Physical Processes: Changing Sound - experiment with changing pitch of a guitar
16. The Science of Sound - posted by 5th Grade Applied Science students from Bethune Academy
17. Sound - a Quia quiz
18. Sound - Repeat this activity several times. You'll get new matches each time. (from Quia)
19. The Sound Site - Activities, performances and more!
20. Sound is a Longitudinal Wave - a good animation
21. Sound is a Pressure Wave - accompanied by some nice animations
22. Vibrating String - experiment online; movement and sound for the first four notes of the harmonic series
23. More sound links can be found on the Physics page of Internet4Classrooms.
24. Physical Science Standards Resources - K | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th

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