ClassX Video Lessons Youtube Channel Smile and Learn English SOUND for Kids ???????? Loundness, Pitch and Timbre ???????? Science for Kids
Hello friends! Have you ever wondered what sound is? Let’s explore it together! Sound is created when something vibrates. These vibrations move through the air, water, or even solid objects until they reach our ears. Things that make sound are called sources of sound. Some sounds are natural, like thunder, while others are made by people, like the music from a guitar.
Sound moves in waves that spread out in all directions. It travels faster in materials that are packed tightly together. For example, sound travels about 1,125 feet in the air and about 4,862 feet in water in just one second! Isn’t it cool that sound moves at different speeds depending on where it is?
Sounds have three main features that help us tell them apart: loudness, pitch, and timbre. Let’s learn more about each one!
Loudness is how strong or powerful a sound is. If a sound is very loud, it has high loudness. If it’s quiet, it has low loudness. We measure loudness in units called decibels. A normal chat is about 35 decibels, while a car horn is around 90 decibels. Sounds above 120 decibels, like an airplane taking off, can be harmful to our ears.
Pitch is about how high or low a sound is. It depends on how many sound waves happen each second. If there are lots of waves, the sound is high-pitched. If there are fewer waves, the sound is low-pitched. Our ears can hear sounds between 20 Hertz and 20,000 Hertz. Sounds below 20 Hertz are called infrasound, and sounds above 20,000 Hertz are ultrasound. Some animals, like dogs and bats, can hear these ultrasounds!
Timbre is what makes a sound unique, even if it has the same loudness and pitch as another sound. It helps us tell the difference between a guitar and a flute, even if they’re playing the same note.
Have you ever heard an echo? An echo happens when a sound wave bounces off something and comes back to us. This makes us hear the sound again. Echoes are fun to try out, especially in places like caves!
That’s all for today, friends! We’ve learned a lot about sound. There are many more videos to watch and learn from. Imagine all the fun things you can discover! Keep exploring and having fun with science!
Sound Scavenger Hunt: Go on a sound scavenger hunt around your home or school! Listen carefully and try to find different sources of sound. Can you find something that makes a loud sound and something that makes a quiet sound? How about a high-pitched sound and a low-pitched sound? Write down or draw what you find and share it with your friends or family.
Make Your Own Musical Instrument: Use household items like rubber bands, boxes, or bottles to create your own musical instrument. Experiment with making different sounds. Can you change the pitch by tightening or loosening the rubber bands? What happens to the loudness if you tap the box harder or softer? Share your instrument and the sounds it makes with your classmates.
Echo Experiment: Find a place where you can hear an echo, like a large empty room or a hallway. Clap your hands or shout and listen for the echo. Try to figure out what surfaces the sound is bouncing off. How does the echo change if you move closer to or farther from the walls? Discuss with a friend why you think echoes happen.
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Hello friends! Today I’m here to talk to you about sound. Have you ever wondered what sound is? Today I’ll explain it to you. Will you join me?
Sound is produced when the vibrations of an object travel through a solid, liquid, or gas medium until they reach our ears. Sources of sound are objects or materials that vibrate, producing sound. There are two types of sound: natural, such as thunder, and artificial, which are produced by man-made objects, for example, a musical instrument like my guitar.
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Sound propagates in the shape of waves that travel in a straight line in all directions, and it travels faster in denser mediums. For example, sound travels about 1,125 feet in air and about 4,862 feet in water in one second. Isn’t it interesting that sound travels at different speeds depending on the medium it is in?
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Sounds have three main characteristics that help us differentiate them from each other: loudness, pitch, and timbre. I’ll let you know more about them in depth.
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Loudness is the energy produced by sound waves. If the loudness is high, then the sound will be loud, but if it is low, the sound will be quiet. The unit of measurement for loudness is the decibel. A normal conversation takes place at about 35 decibels, while a car horn is about 90 decibels. At 120 decibels and above, sounds can be dangerous to the ear. Some sounds that exceed this level include an airplane taking off or using a jackhammer.
The second characteristic we’ll talk about is pitch, which depends on how many vibrations or waves occur in each second. If the number of vibrations, also called frequency, is high, then the sound will be high-pitched. If the number is low, then the sound will be low. Our ears can only hear sounds between 20 Hertz and 20,000 Hertz. Frequencies below 20 Hertz are too low to be heard and are called infrasound. Frequencies above 20,000 Hertz are called ultrasound and can only be heard by some animal species, such as dogs or bats. Isn’t that amazing?
A third characteristic of sound is timbre, which depends on its wave shape and allows us to distinguish sounds even if they have the same loudness and pitch. Timbre helps us differentiate the sound between a stringed instrument and a wind instrument.
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Have you ever heard of an echo? An echo is an acoustic phenomenon that occurs when a sound wave hits an obstacle and is reflected back to us, causing us to hear the sound shortly thereafter, repeatedly. Let’s try it inside this cave. Echoes are so much fun!
That’s all for today, friends! I’ll be rehearsing for a while. See you soon!
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