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Mobile phone in plastic bag Hearing sounds under water activity.

Use an old or cheap cell phone and plastic zipper bags as part of the Hearing sounds under water activity.

Note: only one bag has been used with the cell phone in this picture, and you can see, a small amount of water has seeped in!

 

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