Kazoo: Exploring Sound

This is great activity for Think About It Thursday!

It is a craft and exploring activity in one.

First we will make the kazoos then explore the sounds.

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To make the Kazoo you need:

1 Paper Towel Roll and 2 Toilet Paper Rolls, Crayons, Rubber Bands, and Wax paper

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Directions:

First, have your child color the cardboard tubes.

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Next, take a sharp tipped object and poke holes along the cardboard tubes. ( I used a screwdriver tip)

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Take a piece of wax paper and cover the end of the tube and secure it with a rubber band.

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Do the same thing to the toilet paper roll.

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Have your child say “do do do” inside the tube to see how it sounds.

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Want to Explore more?

 Replace the Wax Paper with Plastic Wrap. See if the sound is any different.

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Have your child say “Do do do” again.

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The sound was different and you will hear a difference between the plastic wrap and Wax Paper.

My daughter loves instruments and making sounds. This was a fun experiment to do.

I saw this experiment idea on PBS KIDS.org

*** The reason you hear sound is because: All sound is made up of vibrations (rapid back-and-forth movement), which produce sound waves that travel through the air to our ears. When you play a kazoo, air carries the sound waves from your mouth down the tube, making the waxed paper vibrate. You can feel those vibrations if you touch the waxed paper.” PBS KIDS ***

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