String telephones

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Description

Make a string telephone


Resources

plastic cups and string

Instructions

Explain the physics of sound waves and amplification; give each pair of Cubs two plastic cups and a long piece of string; demonstrate how they can speak to one another across a room. Get them to press and hold the string to disrupt the sound waves and break the call.


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