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    Home » Science Experiments for Kids » How to make a straw flute

    How to make a straw flute

    September 16, 2017 By Emma Vanstone Leave a Comment

    Did you know you can make a flute type instrument with straws? A straw flute is very easy to make and sounds great. The size of the straw changes the pitch of the sound!

    How are sounds made?

    Sounds are made when an object vibrates, this makes the air around an object vibrate as well. When the air vibrations reach our ears they shake tiny hairs, which are connected to nerves. The nerves send a message to our brain telling it that a noise has been heard.

    Straw flute

    What you need to make a straw flute

    Straws

    Sellotape

    Straw Flute Instructions

    Cut around 8 straws ( more or less is fine )  so each is a different length and sellotape them together in a row.

    Blow over the top of the straws, you just find that the pitch changes with the length of the straw.

    Extension Ideas – Straw Flute

    Try using thicker or thinner straws, change the length or make a hole in the straws and record how the sound changes.

    Find out how you can see sound using rice and a drum.

    Why does this happen?

    A straw flute makes a sound when you blow over the holes. Longer straws create a different pitch sound to shorter straws because the time taken for the vibrations to travel up and down the straw is different.

    How to make a straw Flute

    Learning Outcomes

    Understand how sounds are made and associate them with something vibrating. 

    Understand that different instruments create different sounds.

    Consider that the same instrument can make sounds of different pitches by changing how the vibrations are made.

    More Easy Science for Kids

    Try our easy balloon powered car, edible life cycles or simple STEM Challenges.

    How to make a straw flute - easy music science experiment for kids #musicscience #scienceforkids

    Last Updated on April 26, 2020 by Emma Vanstone

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