5th graders are learning about sound energy in enrichment and science. We will be experimenting with pitch, volume, and timbre and creating several instruments such as pan pipes, a sound sandwich (below), and a string guitar.
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As an extension to a unit on sound, students in 5th grade made pentatonic scale pan pipes from pvc pipe. We th

en adjusted our pitch and tried playing a "mosquito duet." According to a recent story on National Public Radio, during mating, mosquitos' "hum" is close to a perfect fifth- females at about a G, and males at about a D. So, the girls played the G, and the boys a D. (I can't say we attracted any mosquitos!)
mosquito matingInstrumentsPeter Whitehead inventor