10 Things to Learn About Sounds

Listen Up! 10 Things to Know About Sounds!

10 Things to Learn About Sounds

1. 1. Sounds are made when things vibrate, or move back and forth very quickly.
   2. These vibrations travel through the air to our ears.
   3. Different things make different kinds of sounds.
   4. Loud sounds have bigger vibrations than soft sounds.
   5. High sounds have faster vibrations than low sounds.
   6. Our voices make sounds when air moves over special parts in our throats.
   7. Musical instruments make sounds by vibrating in different ways.
   8. You can stop a sound by stopping the vibrations.
   9. Sound can travel through other things besides air, like water.
   10. We use our ears to hear all the sounds around us.

Craft: Homemade Shakers

Fill empty plastic bottles or containers with different materials like rice, beans, or beads. Close the lids tightly and shake them to hear the different sounds they make.