Description
This music box is part of a range of science resources for teaching sound for schools and the home. Use for engaging kids in science!
Teaching ideas for a Music Box
- Teach about high and low sounds. Is the sound high or low when a longer key is vibrated?
- Teach about vibrations and amplification. The sound is amplified passes through the solid table as opposed to less so when it is in the air.
- Does the music sound different when you try placing the science toy wood, plastic or glass? What about on a cushion or on a padded seat?
- Compare the music box with the inside of a piano. What is similar and what is different about the construction?
- Use this science toy to demonstrate simple machines. Can the students identify where there levers, gears and wheel and axles are?
- Discuss worm gears, bevel gears, worm drives and rack & pinions. Which gear type can be found on the instrument and where can the others be found?
- Use as part of a unit on a science of sound. These free science experiments on sound can help support you!
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-Mount Zion Early learning centre – Little Science Big FunI just wanted to pass on how much the staff and students really enjoyed it and how perfect it was to launch our science week activities. The students were enthralled, educated and entertained – a perfect trifecta!
-Caulfield Grammar School – Big Science Big FunThanks so much for presenting at our school on Monday. Our students enjoyed the show.
-Greenvale Primary School – Big Science Big FunFizzics Education curated a thoughtful and hands-on experience for the children, incorporating practical, skill-based learning activities and followed by a science presentation at the end of the event involving liquid nitrogen. This was delivered safely and effectively, capturing both the children and the parents for the duration of the presentation.
-Macquarie Bank – Family Fun DayFizzics Education ran a show today at our school and it was wonderful. He was a great facilitator and the show was age appropriate and well done.
-Mount Zion Early learning centre – Little Science Big Fun