Design an Instrument

1. Use the engineering design cycle to solve a problem
2. Apply knowledge of sound to create an instrument.

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In addition to satisfying BC's ADST curriculum, and Core Competencies, the Instrument Design Challenge activity satisfies the following BC Science curriculum:

Grade 1

Sound sources:

• natural sources include crickets
• artificial sources include car horns

Sound properties:

• examples: pitch, tone, volume
• ways of making, recording, and transmitting sound, etc.

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