On Thursday, we had a visitor from the EverWonder Children’s Museum. She facilitated with the class some scientific experiments to help the children “see” sounds. We hear all different types of sounds every day, however, have you ever explored sound at a visual level? How is a sound created? Through some scientific activities presented to the class, we learned that sound is a type of wave and the children had a chance to visualize sound waves by exploring a variety of sound experiments.
First, our guest explained the significance of being a scientist by listening, observing, and asking questions about things around us. Then, she asked each child about their favorite sound?
- Soren likes lion sounds
- Jonathan loves dog woofs
- Levi likes cat sounds
- Carter prefers dog sounds
- Ella V. likes elephant and cheetah sounds
- Rusher prefers to hear a dinosaur roar
- David loves birds’ tweets
- Joey likes the piano sounds
- Christopher loves dogs and banjo sounds
- Lucia loves unicorn sounds
- Remington likes cricket sounds
It was very sweet to hear the preferences of each child and observe their engagement. Our visitor and sound expert also read a book about different sounds around us. Then, using different recycled tools to demonstrate the relationship between sound and wave, we explored sound vibration levels and learned how the vibration size determines the volume. A larger vibration yields a louder sound and a smaller wave results in a softer sound. Our visitor also talked about rain sticks and how people in the past who lived in rainforests used them to send messages to one another. The cool visual experiments helped us see the passage of sound through matter and learn how sound travels through solids, liquids, and gases. The children enjoyed being little scientists, experimenting with different sounds around us. They also had lots of fun creating their rainstick and bringing it home.
Wishing you a lovely weekend.
Kaoutar and Sara