Sound: Music to Your Ears

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You and your friends have a concert to perform, but you don't have any instruments. What can you do? Begin by learning what sound is and how it travels, then create instruments out of everyday materials and let the concert begin!

iScience Readers put the focus and fun on scientific inquiry! Each book introduces science fundamentals through a science puzzle and related hands-on activities. Critical thinking skills are strengthened through exploring science concepts and applying ...

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Overview

You and your friends have a concert to perform, but you don't have any instruments. What can you do? Begin by learning what sound is and how it travels, then create instruments out of everyday materials and let the concert begin!

iScience Readers put the focus and fun on scientific inquiry! Each book introduces science fundamentals through a science puzzle and related hands-on activities. Critical thinking skills are strengthened through exploring science concepts and applying them to the real-world situations that the puzzle introduces. Three levels offer increasingly more challenging text and problem-solving activities.

Simple science concepts and activities in 24 pages.

Science concepts and activities in 32 pages.

More in-depth science concepts and activities in 48 pages.

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Editorial Reviews

Children's Literature - Amy S. Hansen
Part of the wonderful "iScience Readers" series, Sohn and Bair explain the physics of sound. What causes sound? "All sounds begin with vibrations," they write. "When something vibrates it moves back and forth quickly. Pluck a rubber band or a guitar string. Boing! You will see the object bounce back and forth." From vibrations they move to explanations of why sounds are high and low, how sound travels, and what makes sounds louder or softer. All of these topics are handled with clarity and appropriate grade-level vocabulary. However, what makes these books unique to the early science field is the "iScience Puzzle" the authors put at the beginning of each book. In this case, the puzzle challenges the readers to make their own instruments out of plastic bottles and cardboard boxes. Then the writers ask how the kids will use the objects and how will they make sounds. The puzzles give the reader a good reason to keep going, reading each section and gathering clues so that by the end, the answers are clear. Bright pictures illustrate the book. Backmatter includes glossary, further reading, and an index. Reviewer: Amy S. Hansen
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781599534190
  • Publisher: Norwood House Press
  • Publication date: 1/28/2011
  • Series: iScience Readers Series
  • Format: Library Binding
  • Pages: 32
  • Age range: 8 - 10 Years
  • Product dimensions: 7.20 (w) x 8.50 (h) x 0.30 (d)

Table of Contents

iScience Puzzle 6

Discover Activity 8

What Causes Sound? 9

Why are Sounds High and Low? 12

Connecting to History 17

How Does Sound Travel? 18

What Makes Sounds Louder or Softer? 24

Science at Work 27

Solve the iScience Puzzle 28

Beyond the Puzzle 29

Glossary 30

Further Reading/Additional Notes 31

Index 32

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