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Interactive
South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Nasa Online: Sound: Wave Traits

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to wave traits and how they affect sound.
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Handout
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and the Eardrum

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand how sound is transmitted through the ear and perceived by the brain in this reference page. Page includes content and an animation.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Sound Interference and Resonance: Standing Waves in Air Columns

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to define antinode, node, fundamental, overtones, and harmonics; identify instances of sound interference in everyday situations; describe how sound interference occurring inside open and...
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Unit Plan
University of New South Wales (Australia)

University of New South Wales: School of Physics: Physclips: Sound

For Students 9th - 10th
Physiclips thoroughly presents the concept of sound with animations and film clips. Learn about the properties of sound and the physics behind sound waves with this site.
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Unit Plan
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Sound

For Students 9th - 10th
This simulation lets you see sound waves. Adjust the frequency or volume and you can see and hear how the wave changes. Move the listener around and hear what she hears.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Outer Space, the Silent Frontier: An Experiment on Sound Waves

For Students 3rd - 5th
In outer space there is utter silence. There are no sounds of traffic jams or thunderstorms or crashing waves. No buzzing bees or babies crying. Just silence. In this experiment, you will discover why empty space is void of sound.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Robot Sensors and Sound

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Using microphones connected to computers running Audacity software, student teams experiment with machine-generated sounds and their own voices and observe the resulting sound waves on the screen, helping them to understand that sounds...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Transmission of Sound

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore how mechanical waves are transmitted., and find out what is meant by interference and intensity of sound waves.
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Refraction of Sound

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of refraction and its application to sound waves. Using analogies, graphics and real-life applications, this page and those that accompany it explain why and when sound waves bend.
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Activity
Teachers TryScience

Teachers Try Science: Catch the Wave!

For Students 3rd - 8th
A resource that explores sound waves and how they work. Offers activities online and offline. Requires Adobe Flash.
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Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Behavior of Sound Waves: Interference and Beats

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial looks at the behavior of sound waves, specifically focusing upon sound interference and beats. Learn more about it and then take a short quiz to check your understanding.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Sound Waves

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of sound, what sound waves are, how they are generated and what media they can travel through.
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Graphic
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Sound Level Measurement

For Students 9th - 10th
Home page for a hypertext physics course. Users can access subjects ranging from the sound wave parameters that effect hearing and communication to OSHA worplace standards.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: The Speed of Sound

For Students 9th - 10th
Students discover factors that affect the speed of sound waves through a medium with illustrated examples and interactive practice problems.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: The Human Ear

For Students 9th - 10th
Using diagrams and animations, students discover how the anatomy of the ear and the physics of sound waves work together to allow us to hear.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Facts About Sound Waves for Kids

For Students 4th - 6th
Provides a simple explanation of how sound waves travel and gives a long list of facts about sound waves.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Sound Waves: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce sound waves, and describe how the amplitude and frequency can change the pitch. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Sound Waves."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Sound Waves: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce sound waves, and describe how the amplitude and frequency can change the pitch. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Sound Waves."
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Unit Plan
Utah State Office of Education

Utah Science: Properties and Behaviors of Heat, Light and Sound

For Students 3rd - 8th
How can scientists lump heat, light and sound together when investigating properties and behaviors? This learning module will address that question through a series of activities.
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Website
The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute: The Science of Sound

For Students 3rd - 8th
This Franklin Institute webpage provides an introduction to understanding sound waves based on 5th grade science lessons.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Traveling Sound

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore how sound waves move through liquids, solids and gases in a series of simple sound energy experiments. Understanding the properties of sound and how sound waves travel helps engineers determine the best room shape and...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Seeing and Feeling Sound Vibrations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the existence of sound by listening to and seeing sound waves while conducting a set of simple activities as a class or in pairs at stations. Students describe sound in terms of its pitch, volume and frequency. They use...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Sound: Using Pipe Music to Understand Pitch and Length.

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this investigation the student will learn about sound waves and vibration. Students will use pipes to understand that the slower an object vibrates the lower the pitch and the faster an object vibrates the higher the pitch. Next...
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Science Projects and Experiments: Sound Waves

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn by experimenting with science. A project showing how sound waves move and propagate.

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