Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Backyard Science the Five Senses
Kindergarten young scholars will use their existing outdoor expertise to help them focus on the scientific study of their five senses in stations.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Experimenting With Sound/compression Waves Through Vibration
Through inquiry, students will use various objects/materials attached to strings to investigate how vibration causes sounds waves.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Sound Waves
In this Physical Science experiment, learners investigate how sound travels through different mediums, including solids, liquids, and gases. This particular experiment deals with solids by using a wire hanger and two pieces of cotton...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Sound: Using Open Tubes to Demonstrate Beat Notes
In this interactive demonstration, students will observe while the teacher creates two sound frequencies using open tube resonators of nearly identical length. The nearness in length produces two slightly different frequencies which...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Music Theory
Wikipedia offers detailed information on music theory, a set of systems for analyzing, classifying, and composing music and the elements of music.
Project Britain
Primary Homework Help: Sound Quiz
Read some fast facts about sound energy first, then try a fourteen question review quiz. Check your answer after each question.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Sonic Boom Problem
Objects that fly faster than the speed of sound create a shock wave accompanied by a thunder-like noise: the sonic boom. These epic sounds can cause distress to people and animals and even damage nearby buildings. Katerina Kaouri details...
PBS
Pbs Teachers:borneo: A Batty Mapping Method
Explore how bats use echolocation to find prey by using echoes to map the direction and distance to various echo sources in their surroundings. Determine the minimum distance at which an echo can be heard and the distance to an echo source.
Other
University of Cambridge: Ocean Odyssey
Deep beneath the ocean the underwater creatures need your help.Without you the future of the underwater kingdom will be bleak. Answer these questions about sound and sound waves to help Mel return to the ocean where she belongs.
Other
University of California: Acoustics for Music
A discussion of the acoustical features of a room and their effects upon the perception of sound. Topics such as absorption, reflection, and reverberation are clearly discussed and cleverly illustrated.
Other
Oddcast Inc.: Audio Pal
Using Audio Pal, you can embed audio messages into a website. Teachers can use it to explain assignments or give instructions.
Other
Avatar Consultants, Inc: Definitions of Sound
Sound is defined and characterized as a wave consisting of oscillations in pressure of a medium. Includes graphics and links to further information.
Other
Science Frontiers Online: Throat Singing
This site has an interesting discussion of how humans shape their voice to produce a variety of sounds. Discussion focuses upon the technique of "throat-singing," a method of creating vocal sounds unlike any other.
Other
The University of Salford: Sounds Amazing
This site has several lessons all about sound. It introduces sound, then covers major principles of waves and the wave equation. Each lesson has interactive activities to keep you interested, and there are even some test questions.
Other
Open School Bc: Sound and Light
The Sound and Light interactive investigates these two forms of energy. Students will enjoy exploring how sound and light are created, travel, and can be controlled.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Songwriting for Beginning Letter Sounds
A great resource for teachers. This lesson plan uses songs and singing as a guide for students in learning letter names and beginning consonant sounds. Students in first and second grade can extend this lesson by creating new verses for...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Phonic Generalizations in "Chrysanthemum"
This online instructional activity uses an interactive activity to teach students how to determine the common and alternative sounds for specific vowel combinations. The words for this instructional activity are taken from the book...
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute: Music to Our Ears
Discover the connection between sound waves and hearing with this webpage tutorial. Be sure to click on the picture for detailed information.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Calls of the Wild: Flies and Stereo
Explore the characteristics of binaural hearing and discover how two ears are utilized in determining the direction of a sound's origin. Produce auditory illusions by reversing and extending the detection site for each ear.
Other
Manchester Museum of Science and Industry: Sound 101: Bad Vibes
Learn about sounds and rate sounds from just "bad" to "really horrible." Then read an explanation about acoustics and the reason why people find some sounds to be worse than others. Also learn to mix your own sounds.
Channel 4 Learning
4 L: Science Essentials: Get Physical
Find a review of many aspects of the physical world. Simple explanations of electricity, gravity, and the solar system. Included are materials for teachers to use for enrichment.
New York Times
New York Times: Hollywood Composer
Survey the career of John Williams, a prolific composer of movie music whose work includes the scores of many blockbuster films such as "War of the Worlds" and "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith."
New York Times
New York Times: Mission: Music
Audio slideshow analysis of the musical score for the film "Mission: Impossible III," which uses the theme from the 1960s television series in different ways throughout.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Energy, Light and Sound: Sound
A video and a short quiz on how sound travels in waves, its properties, and how to measure it.