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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Antarctica: Which Types of Sounds Do You Know?

For Students K - 1st
For this lesson, students learn about the five senses, identify objects that make sound, and take a fun fact quiz at the end.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Hearing and Balance

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What do listening to music and riding a bike have in common? It might surprise you to learn that both activities depend on your ears. The ears do more than just...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Sounds: What We Hear!

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will create a descriptive writing about the sounds they hear in a favorite place. This is a good follow-up to a science unit on sound.
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Activity
University of Washington

Hearing: Activities, Experiments, Models and More

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Come and learn more about one of the five senses? Hearing is an integral part of our everyday life. To learn more use the activities, experiments, models and more wrapped into this hearing website.
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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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Activity
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Language and Linguistics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The language we use everyday reveals a great deal about who we are and where we come from. However, did you know that language is linked to psychology, biology, and other sciences? Explore the "science" of language: how the brain...
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Activity
Songs for Teaching

Sciences Songs All Day Long: Nocturnal Animals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
By listening to this song your students will learn all of the animals that are awake during the night. They will equate the sounds they hear at night with the animals and their sounds in the song.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Biology for Kids: Hearing and the Ear

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science of hearing and the ear. A sense that detects sound.
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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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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Modulated Coil

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you hear a magnet? In this activity you will be able to transfer the sound from your iPhone, iPod or radio to a cassette-tape player.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Backyard Science the Five Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Kindergarten students will use their existing outdoor expertise to help them focus on the scientific study of their five senses in stations.
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Primary
Other

Physics and Psychophysics of Music

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is filled with information pertaining to the physics of sound and music.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Functions of the Basilar Membrane

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the passage "Functions of the Basilar Membrane" and complete the five-question quiz related to hearing.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Live Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a special trip to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with GPB Education! This interactive virtual exploration offers students a behind-the-scenes experience as they learn about the science of sound and the preparation it takes to put on...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Growing Up Different: In Tune

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the science of sound and the human ear, and explain how this applies to the operation of cochlear implants for the deaf. Observe how structures can be "tuned" to respond to different frequencies.
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Activity
Bill Nye

Bill Nye: Listen to This!

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, Bill Nye explains how to hear the sound of your heart.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Differential Effectiveness of Cochlear Implants

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the passage "Differential Effectiveness of Cochlear Implants" and complete the related five-question quiz.