Pupils construct and play various musical instruments made from straws and bottles. They investigate how changes in their instruments result in tone changes. Learners change the lengths and amount of water in the instruments and record their observations on a worksheet.

Concepts

sound, resonance, sound vibrations, tone, oscillation

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Additional Tags

Physical Science, science

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Instructional Ideas

• Find some videos on how sound and vibrations relate to each other

Classroom Considerations

• Requires an introductory lesson, Music and Sound
• Expects the class to build two types of musical instruments

Pros

• Contains information for the teacher to understand the concept
• Includes key vocabulary

Cons

• There is a typo in question 11 on the worksheet that changes the meaning of the sentence