What Does Sound Look Like? | Create with #MetKids Microscope

Sound is all around us, but it can be tough to understand because it’s totally invisible at first glance. 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: Learn more about the series: Sign up for #MetKids newsletters: — 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, Anna Samo Narrator: Roselin Lopez Episode Consultants: Michael Millican, 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 () Side Drum, 18th century. Dutch, Netherlands. Wood, skin, cord, Height: 16 1/4 in (41.3 cm), Diameter: 15 5/16 in (). The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889 () 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 () MetKids is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Subscribe for new content from The Met: #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum #MetKids #STEAM #STEM #Experiment © 2023 The Metropolitan Museum of Art