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Making Dinos C5
Making Dinos C5
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Make a Parasaurolophous
Signal Horn
. . . to make low frequency sounds that travel across a football field!
So, how can you build a parasaurolophous horn that makes sound that travels really far??
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Parasaurolophus was a large unique-looking herbivorous (that means
plant-eating) dinosaur that lived during the Cretaceous period. This dinosaur
had a long crest on top of its head that curved toward its back.
Paleontologists think air could move through the crest and make
low sounds like a trombone!
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Plan how to build your Parasaurolophus signal horn!
List all the materials you plan to use. There’s a few here to get
started. You should look for other things to use, and add them too!
straws
rubber bands
balloon
paper tube
cardboard
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Draw your plan for a Parasaurolophus signal horn design here.
Label all the parts and how it will move so that everyone else can understand
your amazing plan!
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Start building!
If you have trouble getting started, here’s one way
to build a Parasaurolophus signal horn that can
make sounds that travel really far:
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step 4: Test your design! Find a football
field or other big space and have a friend
stand at different yards lines as you blow
into the signal horn. How far does the sound
travel?
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How does it work?
Sometimes it takes a few tries to make a machine work like you want it to! If yours
doesn’t work the first time, try to find a way to make it better! Take notes on what
problems you had, or what worked really well.
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Draw or take a picture of your finished Parasaurolophus signal horn
and put it here!
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Put your thinking cap on!
Reflect on what you’ve made! What can you change to make it work better? Did you learn
how to do something new? Here’s one question to get you started:
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There are animals living today that produce loud,
low-frequency sounds – even underwater! Baleen
whales make the loudest sounds of any animal living
today at super-low frequencies. Cool, right?
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