Student Worksheet 2-3
Circle all the things you could use: any or all items are correct
In music "dynamics" means: loud or soft

Student Worksheet 4-5
In music "dynamics" means: loud or soft

Further Activities:
Have the students experiment to understand how vibrations create sound. Take a plastic or wooden ruler, hold it against the edge of a desk, and pluck or snap the free end to see and hear vibration.

The website for the performance group Stomp, Stomp Online, has a section on percussion for kids which includes instructions for making rainforest instruments.

Further Reading:
Sound Designs: A Handbook of Musical Instrument Building
by Reinhold Banek and Jon Scoville
This book will teach you how to build truly musical instruments. Sources for these and many other designs are drawn from cultures world wide - from the Stone Age to the Space Age. The necessary materials can be purchased easily, or simply found in nature or a junkyard.