When the class is quiet, the balls bounce in the schoolyard and a new one joins for every stretch of calm. When it gets too loud, the bouncing stops, and if it stays loud, the balls start to deflate!
Class goal: Keep all nine balls bouncing until the bell!
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Pick a lesson length, press Start Bouncing, and allow the microphone. The schoolyard listens for a moment to learn your room's calm level.
While the class works quietly the balls bounce happily across the yard, and a brand-new ball rolls out for every stretch of focus, up to nine.
A loud room freezes every ball mid-yard, and if the noise keeps up they slowly deflate. Tip: challenge the class to keep all nine bouncing until the bell.
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The classic traffic light noise monitor, full screen! The light stays green and little cars cruise across town while the class is quiet. Too loud turns it red and jams the traffic.
Keep your class quiet and watch a jungle grow full screen! Trees grow when the classroom is calm and wilt when it gets too loud.
Keep your class quiet and hatch baby dinosaurs from their eggs! Too much noise wakes the volcano and scares the dinos back into their shells.
Keep your class quiet and shy safari animals come out of hiding one by one! Too much noise stirs up a dust storm and sends them running away.
Keep your class quiet and fill a realistic aquarium with nine fish, one by one! Too much noise sends the fish darting behind the plants and clouds the water.
A calm, minimal noise level meter with no cartoons: a breathing light grows with silence and pauses when the room gets loud. Made for older students, exams, libraries and study halls.
Keep your class quiet and help a proud turkey fan out all nine tail feathers! Too much noise spooks the turkey into hiding behind the hay. Perfect for November.
Keep your class quiet and bake nine Thanksgiving pies, from pumpkin to pecan! The oven stops and the crusts start to burn when the classroom gets too loud.
Keep your class quiet and grow a thankful tree, one gratitude leaf at a time! Too much noise brings a wind that shakes the branches and blows the leaves away.
Keep your class quiet and Santa's sleigh lights up a snowy street, house by house! Too much noise sends Santa and his reindeer into hiding, and the Christmas lights start going out.
'Twas the night before Christmas, and not a creature was stirring! Keep your class quiet and Santa sneaks in to leave nine presents under the tree. Too much noise sends him back up the chimney.
Keep your class quiet and nine penguins leap out of the icy sea onto the ice, one by one! Too much noise sends them belly-sliding back into the water.
Keep your class quiet and grow nine pumpkins into glowing jack-o'-lanterns! The autumn wind blows the candles out when the classroom gets too loud. Perfect for October.
Keep your class quiet and raise nine butterflies from egg to wing! Caterpillars munch, chrysalises ripen and butterflies emerge while the room stays calm: a living life-cycle lesson.
Keep your class quiet and assemble nine little robots on a factory line! The machines pause and amber beacons spin when the room gets loud. Finished robots are never lost.
Keep your class quiet and help busy ants dig an underground colony, chamber by chamber! The digging stops and the tunnels crumble when it gets too loud.
Keep your class quiet and cheer nine snails along the garden racetrack! The snails hide in their shells when the classroom gets too loud. Slow and steady wins.
Keep your class quiet and fill a pirate chest with treasure! The ship sails toward the island while the room stays calm, and a storm brews when it gets too loud.
Keep your class quiet and watch a coral reef bloom full screen! Corals grow and fish arrive when the classroom is calm, and the reef bleaches when it gets too loud.
Keep your class quiet and ride a steam train across the countryside, station by station! The signal turns red and the train stops when it gets too loud.
Keep your class quiet to build, fuel and launch rockets to every planet! The countdown holds when the classroom gets too loud.
Keep your class quiet and brew nine glowing magic potions in a wizard classroom! The cauldron fizzles and the magic drains away when it gets too loud.
Keep your class quiet and light up a fairy village of mushroom houses! Glowing windows and fireflies fill the glade, until the wind blows the lights out.
Keep your class quiet and build a castle stone by stone! The builders stop and the scaffolding shakes when the classroom gets too loud.
Keep your class quiet to build a snowman and make the northern lights bloom! Too much noise kicks up a blizzard that blows the snow away.
Keep your class quiet and ride a hot air balloon from the fields to the stars! The balloon sinks when the classroom gets too loud.
Keep your class quiet and tuck nine friendly ghosts into bed in a moonlit haunted house! The ghosts wake up and float away when the classroom gets too loud.
Keep your class quiet and guide nine bats home across the full moon to their cave! Noise startles the bats and sends them fluttering back out into the night.
Or head back to the classroom noise monitor homepage for the full overview and FAQ.
Yes. Bouncy Balls is one of the seven themes included in the Free plan, with sessions of up to 30 minutes and no account required. Lifetime Pro (a one-time $20 payment) adds the other twenty-two themes and unlimited session time.
Yes, sustained noise has consequences here. The balls are deflating if the room stays loud for too long, so students have a real reason to settle down quickly. A few seconds of calm stops the damage.
Bouncy Balls clicks with every elementary grade. Many teachers know the classic bouncing-balls noise meter already, and this version flips it so calm (not noise) is what keeps the playground fun going.
Your computer is probably listening to the wrong microphone. Interactive whiteboards often take over as the default mic when they're connected. During a session, open the settings (the tune icon in the top right) and pick your computer's built-in microphone. The choice is remembered for future sessions.