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In this activity, learners will create a speaker using a paper cup, magnet, and enameled wire. Also included in this activity is a Mr.

$5 - $10 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners experiment with their voices and noisemakers to understand the connections between vibrations and the sounds created by those vibrations.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners construct a playable kazoo from inexpensive materials. They will experience how vibration creates sound waves and music.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners create a sound visualizer from common materials to help see the vibrations created by sound. Sounds from a tone generator make salt dance on a vibrating balloon membrane.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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With a straw, two craft sticks, and some rubber bands, construct a noisemaker called a Sound Sandwich and explore how vibration produces sound.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this simple and fun activity, learners discover the relationship between vibration and sound by making a squeaky toy instrument out of simple household materials.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 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 activity was designed for blind learners, but all types of learners can model how vibrating particles, such as in a sound wave, bump into other particles causing them to vibrate, and that the vib

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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String Thing is an interactive online game in which learners change a virtual string's tension, length, and gauge to create different musical pitches.

free Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners build a cuica or chirping bird using straw, string, and a bottle cap. Use this activity to explore the interplay of motion and sound.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes