The Met | What Does Sound Look Like? | Create with #MetKids Microscope @metmuseum | Uploaded July 2023 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
Make a musical instrument and a special tool to discover what sound looks like!
Using everyday ingredients and tools from your kitchen cabinet, embark on a hands-on process that prompts you to ask questions, mix compounds, and analyze materials like a scientist at the Museum.
Watch more MetKids Microscope: youtube.com/watch?v=h_Zr13s9ROo&list=PL8HAkqKX065Ayi6qM4zSyfxqOXYK22dm5&index=1
Learn more about the series: metmuseum.org/perspectives/series/metkids-microscope
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MATERIALS:
Balloon with the bottom cut off
Rubber band
Tape
Plastic wrap
Salt
Bowl
Tin can
Decorating materials
INSTRUCTIONS:
Cover a tin can with a balloon and secure it with a rubber band.
Decorate the sides of your drum with whatever materials you’d like.
Grab a bowl and cover the top with plastic wrap. Pull it tight and secure it with tape.
Shake a little bit of salt on top of the bowl.
Play your drum next to the bowl to see the grains of salt on top of the bowl dance!
Take this experiment further by testing what happens when you play the drum harder or softer or what happens when you make noise with a different instrument. Recording your findings in a notebook.
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00:08 Sound is totally invisible
00:08 Make a drum
00:54 Make a special tool to see sound
01:36 Take this experiment further
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Chief Digital Officer: Douglas Hegley
Executive Producer: Sarah Wambold
Director/Writer/Producer: Emma Vecchione
Producer: Rachel Smith
Project Manager: Maria Kozanecka
Animation Direction: Lisa LaBracio
Stop Motion Animation: Lisa LaBracio
2D Animation: Luca Mancuso
Prop Fabrication: Lisa V. Bergmann
Narrator: Roselin Lopez
Episode Consultants: David Freeman, Marco Leona
Education Consultants: Darcy-Tell Morales, Merantine Hens
Original Music: Austin Fisher
Sound Mix: Dave Raymond
Production Design: Aurola Wedman Alfaro
Rights and Permissions: Julie Zeftel
Dadabuan, 19th century.
Philippine (Mindanao). Philippines.
Wood, mother-of-pearl, skin, Height: 32 3/8 in. (82.2 cm), Diameter (Maximum): 24 7/16 in. (62 cm), Diameter (Drum head): 21 3/4 in. (55.3 cm).
Rogers Fund, 1982 (1982.32)
Side Drum, 18th century.
Dutch, Netherlands.
Wood, skin, cord,
Height: 16 1/4 in (41.3 cm), Diameter: 15 5/16 in (38.9cm).
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889 (89.4.840)
Darabukka, late 19th century.
Middle East. Syria.
Clay, skin, wood,
Height: 14 in (10.2 cm), Diameter of head 10 in (25.4 cm).
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889 (89.4.333)
MetKids is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies
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#TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum #MetKids #STEAM #STEM #Experiment
© 2023 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Make a musical instrument and a special tool to discover what sound looks like!
Using everyday ingredients and tools from your kitchen cabinet, embark on a hands-on process that prompts you to ask questions, mix compounds, and analyze materials like a scientist at the Museum.
Watch more MetKids Microscope: youtube.com/watch?v=h_Zr13s9ROo&list=PL8HAkqKX065Ayi6qM4zSyfxqOXYK22dm5&index=1
Learn more about the series: metmuseum.org/perspectives/series/metkids-microscope
Sign up for #MetKids newsletters: mail.metmuseum.org/k/The-Met/signup_form_metkids
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MATERIALS:
Balloon with the bottom cut off
Rubber band
Tape
Plastic wrap
Salt
Bowl
Tin can
Decorating materials
INSTRUCTIONS:
Cover a tin can with a balloon and secure it with a rubber band.
Decorate the sides of your drum with whatever materials you’d like.
Grab a bowl and cover the top with plastic wrap. Pull it tight and secure it with tape.
Shake a little bit of salt on top of the bowl.
Play your drum next to the bowl to see the grains of salt on top of the bowl dance!
Take this experiment further by testing what happens when you play the drum harder or softer or what happens when you make noise with a different instrument. Recording your findings in a notebook.
—
00:08 Sound is totally invisible
00:08 Make a drum
00:54 Make a special tool to see sound
01:36 Take this experiment further
—
Chief Digital Officer: Douglas Hegley
Executive Producer: Sarah Wambold
Director/Writer/Producer: Emma Vecchione
Producer: Rachel Smith
Project Manager: Maria Kozanecka
Animation Direction: Lisa LaBracio
Stop Motion Animation: Lisa LaBracio
2D Animation: Luca Mancuso
Prop Fabrication: Lisa V. Bergmann
Narrator: Roselin Lopez
Episode Consultants: David Freeman, Marco Leona
Education Consultants: Darcy-Tell Morales, Merantine Hens
Original Music: Austin Fisher
Sound Mix: Dave Raymond
Production Design: Aurola Wedman Alfaro
Rights and Permissions: Julie Zeftel
Dadabuan, 19th century.
Philippine (Mindanao). Philippines.
Wood, mother-of-pearl, skin, Height: 32 3/8 in. (82.2 cm), Diameter (Maximum): 24 7/16 in. (62 cm), Diameter (Drum head): 21 3/4 in. (55.3 cm).
Rogers Fund, 1982 (1982.32)
Side Drum, 18th century.
Dutch, Netherlands.
Wood, skin, cord,
Height: 16 1/4 in (41.3 cm), Diameter: 15 5/16 in (38.9cm).
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889 (89.4.840)
Darabukka, late 19th century.
Middle East. Syria.
Clay, skin, wood,
Height: 14 in (10.2 cm), Diameter of head 10 in (25.4 cm).
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889 (89.4.333)
MetKids is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies
Subscribe for new content from The Met: youtube.com/user/metmuseum
#TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum #MetKids #STEAM #STEM #Experiment
© 2023 The Metropolitan Museum of Art
