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Thinking About The Question

How can we describe sounds?

Here are four different sounds. Listen carefully. You can probably tell what they are.

For each sound, fill out the chart below. Write down what makes the sound. Also write a description of the four different sounds. Use words like loud, soft, harsh, gentle, squishy, sharp, buzzy, etc. Be prepared to share your results with the class.

Sound #	What makes the sound	Description
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It's sometimes hard to describe sounds! One way to explore them more carefully is to display and observe the sound vibrations on a graph, which is what you will do in this investigation.