How can you make a string telephone?

In this lesson, we will learn how to make a string telephone. We will follow a scientific method and then write our own scientific methods.

How can you make a string telephone?

In this lesson, we will learn how to make a string telephone. We will follow a scientific method and then write our own scientific methods.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Explain how a string telephone works
  2. Follow and write a method

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4 Questions

Q1.
What is the name of a scientist who studies the acoustics of music?
Correct answer: Acoustician
Acousticman
Acoustics
Q2.
Why do soft materials make sound quieter?
The sound bounces off the soft material
The sound is amplified by soft materials
Correct answer: They absorb the vibrations
Q3.
Headphones and speakers are designed to...
Correct answer: make the best quality sound
make the loudest sound
make the softest sound
Q4.
Having a hard flat roof over a stadium will make the sound
Correct answer: louder
no change
softer

3 Questions

Q1.
Which material would you use if you wanted a loud, clear sound?
Correct answer: Hard and flat
Soft and squishy
Q2.
Soft and squishy materials make sound quieter as the vibrations...
Correct answer: are absorbed by them
bounce off them
no change
Q3.
We can protect our ears from very loud sounds by...
Correct answer: Covering our ears with protective headphones
Moving closer to the sound
Wearing a hat

Lesson appears in

UnitScience / Sound

Science