Sound Supply List
Making a Stethoscope
- 2 plastic funnels
- 20 in. (50 cm) of flexible plastic tubing
Pitch Switch
- 1 paper cup
- 1 push pin
- 1 long rubber band
1 paper clip
- 1 wooden ruler
- Tape
- Scissors
Playing Pipes
- 8 drinking straws
Tape
- Scissors
Seeing Sound Waves
- 1 large cake or cookie tin
1 sheet of plastic wrap
- 1 long rubber band
- 1 baking tray
- 1 wooden spoon
- Fine sand
Shoebox Guitar
- 1 shoebox or other small cardboard box
- 4-5 rubber bands with different lengths and widths
- 8-10 metal paper fasteners
- Tape
Pen
SlinkyŽ Waves
- 1 long length of thin rope (6-8 ft.)
- 1 SlinkyŽ
String Telephone
- 2 paper or plastic cups (empty yogurt containers work well)
- 1 piece of string about 2 meters long
- Scissors
- 1 pushpin
- 2 paperclips
Travel of Sound Through Various Phases of Matter
- 3 zip-closing plastic bags
Water
- Sand or dirt
- Wooden stick or spoon
Tube Chimes
- 60 inches of copper tubing (any diameter)
- Broom handle
- Tape
- String
Scissors
- 2 large nails
- Hacksaw
Water Bottles (Resonance)
- 2 identical glass bottles
- Disinfectant wipes
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