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Sound Vibrations Exploration

Help Andre, Chloe, and Ravi notice how sounds are made on their city bus route. Read each clue, choose or write an answer, and try the safe sound experiments with an adult.

Sound Clues Along the Route

Sounds can begin when something vibrates: it wiggles or moves back and forth quickly. Choose the best answer for each clue.

1.At the bus stop, a handbell rings after Chloe shakes it. What is making the sound?
  • The bell vibrates.
  • The bell stays still.
  • The bell changes colour.
2.Ravi plucks a guitar string, and it wiggles quickly. What happens next?
  • It makes a sound.
  • It becomes silent forever.
  • It turns into a drum.
3.A smooth rock sits quietly on the bus seat. Is it vibrating and making a sound right now?
4.The bus driver taps a drum. What part moves and vibrates to help make the sound?
  • The drum skin
  • A still window
  • The bus wheel when parked

Spot the Vibration

Look closely at the simple sound-making examples. Then solve the clues.

5.Fill in the missing word: When something moves back and forth quickly, it and can make sound.
6.Andre has a rubber ball that bounces on the bus stop pavement. The ball makes a little sound when it hits. What movement could help make that sound?
7.Which action is most likely to make a piece of paper sound?
  • Crumple it.
  • Leave it still.
  • Look at it quietly.

Make and Explain a Sound

Try a gentle sound experiment with a small sheet of paper. Keep it away from your face, and do not put it in your mouth.

8.Gently shake or crumple the paper. Draw what your hands and the paper are doing while the sound happens.
Show the paper moving. Add motion marks if you like.
9.Why did the paper make a sound when you moved it?
10.Chloe stops moving the paper. What will usually happen to the sound?
  • It gets quieter or stops when the paper stops vibrating.
  • It gets louder forever.
  • The paper starts ringing by itself.
11.Choose the best science idea to tell Ravi: What do many sound-making objects have in common?
  • They vibrate when they make sound.
  • They must be made of metal.
  • They must be very large.

4 printable pages

  • Sound Vibrations Exploration, page 1 of 4: Sound Clues Along the Route

    Page 1

  • Sound Vibrations Exploration, page 2 of 4: Spot the Vibration

    Page 2

  • Sound Vibrations Exploration, page 3 of 4: Make and Explain a Sound

    Page 3

  • Sound Vibrations Exploration, page 4 of 4: 11. Choose the best science idea to tell Ravi: What do many sound-making objects

    Page 4

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