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In this game, learners create flash cards with an image on one side (of an animal, for example) and the sound that animal makes on the other.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this group activity, learners see and hear the speed of sound. A learner designated the "gonger" hits a gong, once every second, as the rest of the group watches and listens from a distance.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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What's a Pickle-Oh? Two pieces of pickle on a stick are connected to a Pico Cricket (micro controller). When you slide the pickles apart the note changes.

Over $20 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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With a bit of PVC, a laser, a can/cup, and a small mirror, you can make a device that visualizes you voice or any sound transmitted into the cup/can.

free Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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This lesson (on pages 15-24 of PDF) explores how sound is caused by vibrating objects. It explains that we hear by feeling vibrations passing through the air.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners build a slide whistle using PVC pipe, bamboo skewer, and piece of foam. Construction of the instrument is relatively simple.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners build a musical drum using a cardboard tube, plastic wrap, and beads.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 18 10 to 30 minutes