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Surrounding Sounds

From OK Go Sandbox · 2019

Surrounding Sounds
5 min1st2nd3rd4th5thScience
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Summary

An exploration of the sounds all around us — how sound travels, how we tell where a sound comes from, and how it can be captured and shaped. A listening-focused science lesson that pairs with the band's instrument-driven videos.

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All ages

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Teaching resources

Discussion questions

Discussion

Close your eyes and there are still sounds everywhere.

  1. What is making each sound you can hear right now?
  2. How can you tell whether a sound is coming from your left or right?
  3. Which sounds are loud, and which are soft — and why?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: sound, vibration, volume, direction.

Try it: Sit quietly for one minute and list every sound you hear. Circle the one that is vibrating fastest (highest pitch).