Science - sound

We like the sound of maracas so decided to try to make our own shakers. We looked at a variety of materials such as seeds, cotton wool, coins, dry pasta, elastic bands, paper, paper clips, dry rice, corks and toy chicks. We drew a design and labeled it. Then we made the shakers. We listened to the shakers and decided which made a loud sound and which made a quiet sound. We had lots of fun.