Saturday, October 22, 2022

Can you see bird songs?  No?  Guess again!  In this session, we created our own bird whistles based on the biology of birds and saw the sound waves created by the whistles on our computers! We even simulated how stress changes the bird songs! 

Preparation: 1 piece of paper (colour paper, if possible), 2 jumbo smoothie plastic straws, 2 pieces of Blue-tak (reusable adhesive), 1 plastic folder (transparent, any colour), 4 polybands (mini-elastics). Tools: Scissors, Ruler, Black Sharpie.

Expert: Pavlina Faltynek has a M.Sc. in behavioural and cognitive neuroscience from Western University.