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Re: Noise - Controlling it the Scientific Way
Posted by girl in gulfport on 10/02/08
I have a rug in one area. The chairs are on the hard floor. I said
I LIKED the felt idea....better than tennis balls.
I was just making a comment about the curtains. I do have posters,
etc everywhere....I wasn't trying to be "too literal"
I was trying to be complimentary about your ideas and how they
worked, not putting them down.
On 10/01/08, science teacher wrote:
> 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 ;).
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>>
>>
>>
>> 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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