National Carillon

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/national-carillon

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Who wrote National Carillon?National Capital Authority
2. What is the location?Queen Elizabeth II Island, Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
3. What is the number of bells?57 bells
4. What is the National Carillon in Canberra?It is a giant bell tower on Queen Elizabeth II Island in Lake Burley Griffin that plays music for the whole city.
5. How many bells does the National Carillon have?The tower houses 57 bells that cover almost five octaves of sound.

Carillon: A musical instrument comprising at least 23 tuned bells, played from a keyboard that controls hammers striking the bells.
Carillonneur: A professional musician specializing in the performance of music on a carillon.
Octave: A musical interval spanning eight diatonic notes, representing a doubling or halving of frequency.
Acoustic Engineering: The branch of engineering concerned with the properties of sound and its propagation.