Investigating in Science

We have been working on some science experiments that help us to be able to extend our experiences and personal explanations of the natural world through exploration, play, asking questions and discussing simple models.

Here's what we did. 

We had 7 different 'bus stop' activities set up to build and create sounds and musical instruments out of everyday materials.  Some of the materials we had to work with were, glass bottles, water, sticks, buckets, pots, wooden spoons, rice, plastic bottles, paper clips, dice, rubber bands, cardboard boxes, cardboard tubes, balloons, straws - JUST TO NAME A FEW THINGS!

While students were experimenting with different materials, they were to predict, plan, what they would have to do to make sounds change or to produce different sounds.  Then after they made their 'instrument' they were to observe and infer the reasons for the different sounds.   


WALT: Explore every day experiences of physical phenomena in sound
Success Criteria:

• we can work in small groups to experience different ideas.

• we can seek and describe simple patterns in sound. 

• we can build and create simple instruments that make sounds or a range of sounds. 

• we can explain how the sounds change when we alter the instruments. 

It sure did get noisy!