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Experiments involving Sound

Sound Science Experiment: Make a chicken call

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Sound Science Experiment: Make a chicken call
A fun experiment to investigate sound – make a fun toy that sounds like a chicken! An experiment about sound:  Make a chicken call What you will need: • A disposable cup • A piece of string or wool • A toothpick • A piece of damp paper towel What...
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Sound Science Experiment: Tissue box guitar

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Sound Science Experiment: Tissue box guitar
Make your own guitar with elastic bands and a tissue box. Then use it to discover how the speed of the vibration changes the pitch of the sound. Sound Science Experiment:  Box Guitar What you will need: •  A cardboard box – tissue boxes are ideal •  3 elastic bands...
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Sound Science Experiment: Absorbing sound

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Sound Science Experiment: Absorbing sound
Investigate how to make sound insulation by muffling the sound of a whistle with cotton balls. An experiment about Sound:  Absorbing Sound What you will need: •  2 paper cups •  Cotton wool balls •  Craft glue •  A whistle What you will do: 1 Glue cotton balls all over...
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Sound Science Experiment: The singing button

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Sound Science Experiment: The singing button
Make a button sing in this experiment, during which students will learn about both sound and potential and kinetic energy. An experiment about sound:  The Singing Button What you will need: •  A flat, 2 hole button •  A piece of string 45-60 cm (18-24 inches)     long What you will...
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Sound Science Experiment: Feel the vibration

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Sound Science Experiment: Feel the vibrations
Use a balloon to feel the vibration caused by sound. Monster Sciences Sound Science Experiment:  Feel the Vibrations What you will do: Blow up a balloon and tie it off. Hold the balloon up to your partner’s ear. Put your lips gently up against the other side of the balloon....
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Sound Science Experiment: Guess that sound

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Sound Science Experiment: Guess that sound
A guessing game with sounds – how good are you at remembering sounds? Monster Sciences Sound Experiment:  Guess that sound What you will need: Containers Things that make noise Stickers and a pencil What you will do: Working in small groups, you are going to put a different noisy thing...
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Sound Science Experiment: Sound Amplification

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Sound Science Experiment: Amplification
Make a simple megaphone to investigate sound amplification. What you will need: A clear space with nothing to trip over, preferably outside Paper and tape (enough for half the class) What you will do: Work in pairs to make a paper megaphone.  This is a cone of paper that has...
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Sound Science Experiment: Sound Direction – Marco Polo

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Sound Science Experiment - sound direction marco polo
Play a modified version of Marco Polo to learn about sound directionality. What you will need: A clear space with nothing to trip over A blindfold What you will do:  The whole class needs to stand in a big circle. Your teacher will choose a person to be Marco.  They...
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Sound Science Experiment – Sound Waves

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Sound Science Experiment - Sound waves
A series of investigations into sound and how it travels.   Sound Science Experiment – Sound Waves What you will need: Dominoes What you will do: 1 Watch your teacher – they are going to show you how sound travels in waves by using a slinky. 2 When something happens...
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