Making a Rain Stick

Suggested Grades

2+

Objective

Students will make a rain stick which will allow them to recreate and betterh understand the sound of rain in a rainforest.

Materials

Per Rain Stick:

• 1 cardboard tube
• 30 stickpins
• cellophane tape
• 1 cup of rice
• wrapping paper and/or paints to decorate it

Method

• Stick in the pins pins through the cardboard tube in 5 rows with 6 pins in each row.
• Put a strip of tape around each row to hold pins in place.
• Tape one end of the tube shut.
• Pour in the rice.
• Tape the other end of the tube shut.
• Decorate the rain stick by covering it with wrapping paper or paint it.
• To recreate the sound of ran, tip the rain stick slowly.

Additional Resources

Internet Resources

Rainforest Action Network Organization

Rainforest Alliance

Earth Found

The Virtual Rainforest