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How does a drum make sound? Simple, true making sound facts for young children, each with a fun fact, a tiny activity and a question to talk about together.

Tap a question to reveal the answer, share the fun fact, try the tiny activity, then talk about it together.

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How does a drum make sound? Revealexpand_more

When you hit a drum, its tight top wobbles up and down very fast. That shaking pushes the air around it back and forth, and those moving ripples of air travel to your ears as sound. The harder you hit, the bigger the wobble and the louder the boom.

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Talk about itWhat is your favourite sound to make with your hands?

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Did you know?You can sometimes see a drum skin still trembling right after it is struck.

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Try itRest a few grains of rice on a drum or a tight bit of paper, then tap it. Watch them jump as it shakes.

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How does a whistle make its sound? Revealexpand_more

When you blow into a whistle, the air rushes inside and swirls around very fast, making it wobble back and forth. That fast wobbling of air is what your ears hear as a high, sharp sound. Blow harder and the whistle gets louder, because you set even more air moving.

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Talk about itWhen might a whistle be really useful?

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Did you know?Some whistles are pitched so high that dogs can hear them but people cannot.

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Try itBlow gently across the top of an empty bottle until it hums. You just made air wobble into sound.

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How does a guitar make music? Revealexpand_more

When you pluck a guitar string, it shakes back and forth very quickly, and that shaking makes the air around it move as sound. The hollow body of the guitar catches the sound and makes it louder. Shorter or tighter strings shake faster and make higher notes.

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Talk about itIf you could play any instrument, which would you choose?

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Did you know?Pressing a string down changes its length, which is how one string can play many notes.

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Try itStretch a rubber band between your fingers and pluck it. Pull it tighter and hear the sound get higher.

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Why do you hear an echo? Revealexpand_more

An echo happens when a sound travels out, hits a hard surface like a wall or a cliff, and bounces straight back to your ears. Because the sound has to travel there and back, you hear it a moment after you made it. That little delay is why an echo sounds like a copy answering you.

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Talk about itWhat word would be the most fun to hear echo back?

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Did you know?Bats use their own echoes to find their way and hunt in the dark.

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Try itShout in a big empty room or near a wall and listen for your voice bouncing back to you.

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