So, how can a wind chime be used as a science project?
1. Making the wind chime part of your research. Other things to research would be to read about sound and what causes sounds to be different. 2. If your science project has to be an experiment, then you need to think of ways the chimes can be changed. The part that you purposefully change is called the independent variable (see index for more information about independent variables.) Examples of independent variables are: the size of the spoon, the length of the string, and the kinds of metal objects. CAN YOU THINK OF OTHER INDEPENDENT VARIABLES? 3. How could any of the changes in step 2 affect the wind chimes? This is the part that you are going to be observing and it is called the dependent variable. Examples of dependent variables are: the range of the pitch of the sound; the quality of the sound, and the loudness of the sound. Note: For each of these you have to have some way to measure them. If you are musical, you might be able to identify the musical notes produced; so that qual
