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Arab Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
While some of the pages on this site have yet to be filled, the pages that are complete are comprehensive. For example, pages on friction, heat, and the Doppler effect are illustrated and explain relevant formulas. A biography page...
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Handout
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Monroe County Women's Disability Network: Maps & Globes: Water Forms

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site is provided for by the Monroe County Women's Disability Network. Some basic information about water on our planet and the various water forms that make up three-quarters of the earth's surface. Includes some simple quizzes to...
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: 2003 Music Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Play musical Jeopardy! Test your knowledge of sound, instruments of the orchestra, music elements, music notation, and rhythm. Play this interactive game by yourself, or with a friend!
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Calls of the Wild: Spider Sounds

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore the communication rituals of insects and other arachnids by constructing a device capable of detecting minuscule impacts of cricket feet.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: The Art of Science: Ben Franklin's Harmonica

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Investigate the science behind the glass harmonica, and try Ben Franklin's version. Explore the world of sound with hearing and other senses, and find out how different length straws influence sound by modifying frequency.
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Other

Monxmood: Panpipe

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Play the virtual Panpipe here!
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Canada Science and Technology Museum

Canada Science and Technology Museum: Materials

For Students 1st - 5th
Test your skill and find out which materials absorb sound well.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Sid the Science Kid: Sandbox Symphony

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Make an interesting musical composition by choosing from a menu of traditional and nontraditonal instruments.
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Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Musical Instruments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An interactive and printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Musical Instruments.
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Website
Physics Hypertextbook

The Physics Hypertextbook: The Nature of Sound

For Students 9th - 10th
Study the details of sound from characteristics to speed, ultrasound, infrasound, and other aspects of sound waves.
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Activity
Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Science Projects and Experiments: Sound Pitch

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn by experimenting with science. Project showing how sound waves effect pitch.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Science: Projects and Experiments

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn by experimenting with science. Ideas for scientific projects on weather, sound, electricity, ecology.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Basics of Sound

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn the basics of the science of sound, the speed of sound, and volume. What is sound and how does it move? It is a wave made from the vibration of molecules.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Sound Pitch and Acoustics

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn more about the science and physics of sound. Pitch, acoustics, and the doppler effect. How the frequency of the sound wave affects the pitch we hear.
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Website
Other

Designer Job Openings: Set, Lighting, Costumes

For Students 9th - 10th
Updated often, or so it says, check here for available jobs in these areas, plus browse the listings to see what the requirements are of a job you think you might be interested in, if only for information. Remember these listings have...
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Activity
Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science Bob: Make a Simple Duck Call!

For Students 3rd - 5th
Contains a procedure for using a plastic straw to create a device capable of producing a duck call when air is passed through. The site introduces the concept of vibration in sound production.
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Handout
Other

Young People's Trust for the Environment: Communication in Animals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Facts about the many ways animals communicate. Included is information about scent, sound, sight, and touch.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Apa Bibliography: Sound Recordings: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces how to format a sound recording in an APA bibliography. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "APA Bibliography: Sound Recordings."
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PPT
TES Global

Tes: Onomatopoeia: Poetic Devices Activity

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This Power Point presentation provides thorough definitions and examples of onomatopoeia.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Sound Review

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] How does sound travel and what parts of the ear detect sound best? Using multiple websites, students discover animals that make the loudest sounds, which tapped glass will create the highest pitch, what...
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Graphic
ClassFlow

Class Flow: The Behavior of Sound Waves

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces fifth grade students to what sound waves do when they encounter an object. Topics covered include diffraction, reflection, absorption, and the Doppler Effect. An assessment is...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: The Letter F Kindergarten

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A Christmas themed activity for studying the letter /f/. Includes a graphic organizer, identification of upper and lowercase /f/, identification of the initial sound in Christmas vocabulary words, and...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Ab Cs Easy as Can Be!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will match upper and lowercase letters to pictures that begin with the corresponding letters by dragging to create the match. Students will hear audio recordings of each...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: All About Sound

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart shows the different parts of sound wavelengths and human hearing. Use the magic revealer when you learn to identify the sound canal in humans.