It’s been all about sound in second grade science. In the last few weeks students have learned that sound travels in waves of vibrations, the difference between pitch and volume, and that different sized vibrations create different pitches. Next week students will create and build their own musical instruments.

Students explore tuning forks in the pictures below:

 

 

Kleenex box guitars

 

Playing water glasses

 

Good old fashioned paper cup and string telephones