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Oboes's unique sound originates from the two small reeds a musician blows into. Make your own double reed instrument out of straw!

In this activity, learners imitate the way vocal cords work by building a model from a plastic cup, rubber band, and a straw.

What happens when two wave pulses meet in the middle? Send waves down a spring to watch them travel and interact.

Listen to the beat of gravity. By taking two strings with weights tied to them at different, yet uniform intervals, you can hear the uniformity (and rhythm) of gravity's accelerating pull.

In this activity, leaners build their very own rainsticks, an instrument filled with pebbles and seeds that create sounds like falling rain. Save costs by using material found around the home.

Create an instrument that you don't play--you just listen to it through tubes of various lengths.

Sound can travel through a variety of media.

In this activity, learners create a hearing based memory game that they can share with friends.

In this activity (last activity on the page), learners make a model of the eardrum (also called the "tympanic membrane") and see how sound travels through the air.

In this activity, learners create a straw oboe to explore sound and pitch.

Sound changes pitch relative to how you or the source of the sound is moving. Use this simple activity developed by the Exploratorium to experience the Doppler Effect yourself!