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Re: Noise - Controlling it the Scientific Way
Posted by science teacher on 10/01/08
On 10/01/08, girl in gulfport wrote:
> On 10/01/08, science teacher wrote:
>> On 9/30/08, Donna music/TN wrote:
>>> Could you have them do a project on ways to reduce
>>> noise in the classroom? Either they'll come up with
>>> some great ways of soundproofing and dampening, or
>>> they'll realize that they can best limit the problem
>>> by being quieter-and either way, they'll likely learn
>>> something ;).
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>> This isn't a 'management idea' but Donna has a great
>> idea - put felt under the seats of the chairs - tape it
>> there. Felt absorbs sound waves and so softens sound.
>> We do this in our cafeteria with great success. A rug
>> on the floor helps a lot too. Curtains too - sound
>> waves bounce off hard substances like uncarpeted floors
>> and walls with no wallpaper - you need fabric and sound
>> absorbent materials to soften the sound.
>>>
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> Yes, I agree that a rug helps. I have a large one in my
> room. I am going to try to felt (maybe after I let them
> develop some ideas). I hate the way tennis balls look. And
> that is very expensive. We don't have windows in our
> classrooms (yes, very depressing) so I can't put up
> curtains.
Curtains are only fabric - you're thinking very literally. You
don't need windows to put up fabric on walls. OR cover the walls
with corkboard and bulletin boards - cork is a very sound
absorbent substance. And you don't need tennis balls to put on
the legs of chairs - any hardware store has small adhesive pieces
of felt for the bottom of chair legs. But as you have a rug in
the room - what good would tennis balls do even if you loved the
way they look? They only work if the chair legs are on hard surface.
And if your chair legs aren't on a rug, then the rug can't help.
Thanks for the ideas.,
Welcome but it seems that the best idea you got was asking the
kids for ideas.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Noise, 9/25/08, by girl in gulfport.
- Re: Noise, 9/26/08, by Sara.
- Re: Noise, 9/29/08, by girl in gulfport.
- Re: Noise, 9/30/08, by Sara.
- Re: Noise, 9/30/08, by girl in gulfport.
- Re: Noise, 9/30/08, by Kelsey.
- Re: Noise, 9/30/08, by Donna music/TN.
- Re: Noise - Controlling it the Scientific Way, 10/01/08, by science teacher.
- Re: Noise, 10/01/08, by girl in gulfport.
- Re: Noise - Controlling it the Scientific Way, 10/01/08, by girl in gulfport.
- Re: Noise, 10/01/08, by Tricia.
- Re: Noise - Controlling it the Scientific Way, 10/01/08, by science teacher.
- Re: Noise - Controlling it the Scientific Way, 10/02/08, by girl in gulfport.
- Re: Use the Cone of Silence, 10/05/08, by D.
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