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Colourful melodies

This resource explores making and organising sounds to compose a simple musical composition. Through making a rainbow water xylophone, students will learn how sound waves travel and how different pitches are produced.

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Seeing with sound: sound lab tour

Explore how sound travels as a wave. Examine diagrams and simulations to answer a series of questions about sound properties. For example, identify the effects of compression waves on the vibration speed of particles. Test the effects of changing wave properties: frequency, wavelength and amplitude. Transmit sounds in a ...

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Making sounds: designing a musical instrument

In this lesson, students learn that sound is made by vibrations that can be changed by the materials and structure of objects. They then explore how musical instruments make sound, and design and construct their own instruments. The lesson includes a downloadable lesson plan, links to supporting websites, videos, and an ...