Sound Maps

“The earth has music for those who listen.”

~ George Santayana

Materials Needed

Pencil

Your Nature Journal or

Sound Map Template

Sound Maps

(Acoustic Survey)

* Sit in a spot by yourself

*Be completely silent

*Listen

*Notice what direction sounds are coming from

*Draw the sound with a symbol (you can use letters, shapes, lines, anything!

*Each time you hear the sound record it again and again using the same symbol

*Create a key of all your sound symbols

*Enjoy the process!