TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Form vs. Function
Students model and design the sound environment for a room. They analyze the sound performance of different materials that represent wallpaper, thick curtains, and sound-absorbing panels. Then, referring to the results of their analysis,...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Sound
Students learn the connections between the science of sound waves and engineering design for sound environments. Through three lessons, students come to better understand sound waves, including how they change with distance, travel...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: To Absorb or Reflect, That Is the Question
This is the last of five sound lessons, and it introduces acoustics as the science of studying and controlling sound. Learners learn how different materials reflect and absorb sound.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Energetic Musical Instruments
Students will learn to apply the principles and concepts associated with energy and the transfer of energy in an engineering context through the designing and making of a musical instrument. The students must choose from a variety of...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Sound Environment Shapers
In this lesson plan, students are introduced to the sound environment as an important aspect of a room or building. Several examples of acoustical engineering design for varied environments are presented to students. Students learn the...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves & Music: Reflection, Refraction, Diffraction
In this illustrated physics tutorial, students learn about sound wave behaviors and apply them to the reflection, diffraction, and refraction of sound waves.