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In this is activity about sound and vibration, learners create their own 'flutes' with drinking straws, then investigate how changing the length of the straw affects the sounds that are produced.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners construct drums out of everyday containers (like bowls or food containers) and shrink wrap. Learners use a hair dryer to affix and tighten the shrink wrap to the container.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners make some music by constructing a kazoo out of a simple plastic drinking straw. Use this activity to explore sound, vibrations, and music.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 Under 5 minutes
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In this activity, learners create a xylophone by filling glasses with different amounts of water and tapping them with a metal spoon.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 11 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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Make a hilarious honker! Fasten a piece of string through a hole in the end of a plastic cup and discover the hilarious sounds you can make.


1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore sound by constructing an instrument toy that buzzes when you swing it.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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This activity provides step-by-step instructions on how to build a rain stick, a musical instrument originating in South America.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore sound by constructing their very own instruments using PVC pipes, soda bottles, and a straw.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 11 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners investigate sound wave science, in stereo! Learners construct a "stereo" out of a metal coat hanger and piece of string to explore sound vibrations.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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This is a virtual representation of a sound mixer containing pre-looped sounds of animal, insect, and environmental noises.

free Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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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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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 an instrument using some metal pipes, rubber bands, and a baseboard.

$10 - $20 per student Ages 6 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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In this quick activity (page 1 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Music and Sound), learners will construct an oboe-like instrument from a plastic drinking straw by cutting the end to split it into t

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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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.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this design challenge activity, learners build a four-stringed instrument that can play a tune.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners construct wands that play different notes depending on information from light sensors programmed via a PICO Cricket.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners build their own sound machines and explore the interplay of motion and sound.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 14 45 to 60 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