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(Anna) Hi, my name is Anna and I’m from the Questacon Science Squad and today I’m
going to show you to make your own Weird Whirring Widget and some very funny sounds.
Your going to need, a pair of scissors
a plastic straw two pop sticks
a large, thick rubber band, like this one and two smaller rubber bands
Now firstly, take one of your pop sticks and wrap the
large, thick rubber band around the end of it like this.
Oops
Nearly there
And
Excellent
Now take your pair of scissors and your plastic straw
and cut two strips about three centimetres long.
Excellent.
Now take your pop stick and your piece of straw and place
it underneath the rubber band at one end, just like that.
Then place the other pop stick on top. Now tie the two
ends tightly together with your thin, rubber band.
Nice and tight, one more, excellent.
Now take your other piece of straw and place it
between the two pop sticks, about the same distance
from the end as the other one. And tie it together
tightly with the other thin, rubber band.
Excellent, one more,
there we go.
Now you’re ready to play your Weird Whirring Widget.
Bring it to your mouth and blow gently.
(Buzzing sound)
Or blow with force
(Louder buzzing sound)
to make some very funny sounds.
Bring the straws closer together or further apart to make some high sounds or low sounds.
To find out why your Weird Whirring Widget makes these
funny sounds visit the Questacon Science Squad website.
Ill see you next time.