Musical Bottles: Weekly Science Activity
In this week's spotlight: a music-themed science activity that helps families explore the relationship between the sound an instrument like a clarinet makes and the length of the air column. When a sound wave travels down a longer or shorter distance, how does what we hear change? In this activity, students use glass bottles filled with differing amounts of liquid to experiment. With some careful listening and trial and error, you might be able to play a song by blowing on the bottles in a specific pattern! But you will for sure be able to hear and appreciate the differences in sound you can make by changing one of the variables involved in how the sound is produced.
- Blowing Bottle Tops: Making Music with Bottles (full Science Buddies project idea)
- Sonorous Science: Making Music with Bottles (science activity at Scientific American)
Categories:
You Might Also Enjoy These Related Posts:
- 12 Science Kits for Summer Science Experiments and Discovery
- 15 Science Projects to Make and Give for Father's Day
- Ready, Set, Go! (Awesome Summer Science Experiments)
- Awesome Summer Science Experiments
- 10 STEM Activities with Cardboard Tubes
- 19 Science Activities for Mother's Day
- 13 STEM Gifts You'll Feel Good About Giving
- Imagine Your Story - STEM Activities for Storytellers of All Ages!
Explore Our Science Videos
Design and Make Automata
Iteration in the Engineering Design Process
Make 3D Printed Optical Illusions