Welcome to Ping and Echo, a daily newsletter that shares one amazing podcast episode guaranteed to be a great listen for kids and their families. Each newsletter includes links to articles, videos, and activities related to the podcast so you can turn every episode into an adventure.
Today’s episode is from The Music Box, a music education podcast from Louisville Public Media. This episode mixes a bit of science with a bit of music and offers some hands on experiments for you to explore sound waves with your kids at home while you listen.
Podcast: The Music Box
Episode: Waves
URL: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/waves-waves-waves/id1262456047?i=1000473140181 (You can also check out the show on their website)
Length: 9 minutes
🧐 You Should Know
I’ll always give you a heads up if there is anything in the podcast that might surprise or worry kids. Nothing to worry about here.
💡 Try This
After you listen to the episode you can play with sound with the links and activities below:
Play with this sound wave creator
PBS learning has lots of sound activities
🔎 Explore More
Read up on science behind sound waves with these links:
What does sound look like? See invisible sound waves
Scholastic resources on sound waves
The name Ping and Echo comes from sonar technology which relies on sending out “pings” and receiving back “echos” to discover the world around you. You can send us pictures of the art and activities created by your kids. Email them to pingandecho@gmail.com and we’ll post all your echos on our Instagram and our Twitter page.
Thanks for lending us your ears and your inbox.
Toby, Josh, and Ruby