Curated OER
Seeing Sound & Sonar
Students make inferences based on different sounds that they hear. In this inferences lesson plan, students will hear sounds of different objects and describe the sounds based on what they hear. They will answer various questions about...
Curated OER
Seeing Sound and Sonar
Young scholars grasp how underwater animals can "see" using sound waves. They practice making inferences, and build a conceptual understanding of sonar radar.
DiscoverE
LIDAR: Mapping with Lasers
We would be lost without maps! How are they made? Introduce junior topographers to LIDAR technology with a fascinating activity. Set up a mock city, then have learners operate a laser measure to determine the shape of the landscape using...
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Probes, Exploration and Application
Students examine the benefits of the space program to our life on earth. In this space exploration lesson students participate in a lab, answer questions and study radar mapping.
Curated OER
Plumbing the Deep-Using Sound Waves to See
Young scholars explore and learn about the concept of echolocation. In this echolocation instructional activity, students explore how animals and engineers use echolocation (seeing under water) and sound waves to look and hear things...
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Sound for Sight
Students study echolocation and understand how dolphins use it to locate prey, escape predators, and navigate their environment. They view a video, "In the Wild-Dolphins with Robin Williams" and see first hand how dolphins communicate. ...
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Reading Satellite Images
Students analyze satellite images. For this astronomy lesson, students examine 3 satellite images in order to understand how satellite images are taken and what they can teach scientists.
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Let Your Ears Do the Walking
Pupils examine the effects of bycatching on water environments. They discover how echolocation works. They participate in a simulation of the process to use it while walking blindfolded.
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Knowledge Quiz
In this oceans quiz learning exercise, learners complete a 10 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of concepts related to the ocean.
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Probes, Exploration & Application
Students explore how a surface can be described without seeing it.
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Got a Jones for Indiana Jones?
Archeologists use radar, magnetic, electrical sensors to see through the ground, find where to dig, sonar, ground-penetrating radar.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Measuring Distance With Sound Waves
Students learn about sound waves and use them to measure distances between objects. They explore how engineers incorporate ultrasound waves into medical sonogram devices and ocean sonar equipment. Students learn about properties, sources...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Don't Bump Into Me!
Students' understanding of how robotic ultrasonic sensors work is reinforced in a design challenge involving LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robots and ultrasonic sensors.