Explorations

Sound and Music
Close your eyes. What do you hear? Sounds are all around us. Some we enjoy like music or a bird's song and other sounds are annoying like traffic outside your window.

What is sound? How can we make music? How can me make sounds and music louder? These are a few of the question you will answer in this exploration.

About Sound
Guided Activity
Musical Instruments

Web Resources

Science of Music
http://www.exploratorium.edu/music/index.html

How Stuff Works
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/musical-instruments-channel.htm

Books

Rubber-Band Banjos and a Java Jive Bass: Projects and Activities on the Science of Music and Sound by Alex Sabbeth