How are sounds made?

Year 4 had fun exploring how different objects vibrate to make a sound.

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We watched a ruler wobble up and down on the table edge… rice bouncing on the skin of a drum… and elastic bands moving faster than our eyes could keep up with!

We felt the cymbal shaking.  We could feel the ripples it created in the air without even touching it!

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