Summary
The SciGirls code visuals that react to music, connecting what a sound wave is doing to what appears on the screen.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Full episode (28 min) from SciGirls, season 5.
- What part of the sound made the visuals change?
- How is a loud sound different from a high sound?
- What song would you visualize, and what would it look like?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: wave, amplitude, pitch, visualize.
Try it: Draw two sound waves: one loud and low, one quiet and high. Label amplitude and wavelength on each.