• • Glass bottle activity: hypothesize low/high pitches based on water levels 
  • Tapping bottle / Blowing air through bottles (will be tricky, but leader can have one set)
  • Variations on this? ________________________
  • Materials Needed:  Empty Snapple Bottles, _____________

2) Using observation to classify materials into instrument categories

• • Explore  materials and classify into categories like:  Idiophones, membranophones, vibraphones, et al.
  • Pan Flute: http://krokotak.com/2013/04/singing-straws/
  • BalloonDrums: https://www.themaven.net/kidsactivities/kidsactivities/make-coffee-can-drums-XCF49fRTlkGLilZd_aDzyg?full=1
  • Homemade Xylophone! : http://www.andnextcomesl.com/2013/05/homemade-rainbow-xylophone.html#_pg_pin=501086
    
  • Materials Needed:  Labeled Groups (shallow bins?), rice, beans, tin cans, various items per instrument

3) Building instruments (using measurements, rulers) from household items (boxes, fishing wire, rubberbands).

• • Create Guitars out of household items 
  • Materials Needed:  USPS medium boxes, PVC pipe covers, wooden sticks (pre-drilled holes), large thick ribbon, binder clips, rubberbands, etc. 
  • Comb Saxophone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkGwVO6KuMI

ETM-LA Making Instruments with Students (click on the link below):

Steamfest