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In this activity, learners explore sound by constructing their very own banjo out of a coffee can. Learners experiment with the canjo to change the instrument's pitch and timbre.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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What happens when two wave pulses meet in the middle? Send waves down a spring to watch them travel and interact.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 18 Under 5 minutes
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In this activity, learners listen to songs and decode hidden messages based on the same principle as a modem. As a final challenge, learners decode the binary messages in a music video.

free Ages 6 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore sound by constructing tube zithers, stringed instruments from Southeast Asia and the South Pacific.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity (11th activity on the page), learners use pennies to test their hearing acuity.

free Ages 6 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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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.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how sound travels through solid objects better than through air. Leaners attach a metal clothes hanger to a piece of string and hold it to their ears.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 18 5 to 10 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 turn an ordinary metal coat-hanger into a (very quiet) musical instrument.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 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
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This game depicts a woman going through her day, faced with various loud sounds.

free Ages 8 - 18 5 to 10 minutes