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Chapters 17 & 3 Links:
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| PowerPoint Slideshow being used in class |
| Transverse and Longitudinal Sites |
| Sound Waves Sites |
| The Doppler Effect Sites |
| Hearing Sites |
| Ear and Hearing Quizzes |
| Alternative Sound Instruments Sites |
| Sonar and Sonic Booms Sites, etc. |
| Music and Resonance Sites |
| Bioacoustics |
| Sound & Waves, March, 2004. Mrs. Squillace and Miss Leparulo's students are treated to a special father and son presentation teaching about sound waves, the Doppler effect, and much more. Click here to view slideshow. |
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Waves, Sound and
Hearing
PowerPoint slideshow presentation. This is the slideshow being used by
students in the classroom. Great to help with homework or review for quizzes
and tests. Check it out. Includes hotlink sites and interactivity and
animations. |
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Waves-
Brainpop -interactive - teaches about types of waves - as usual a great
site! This is a subscription site but offers a two week free trial. |
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What Are Waves? - BiteSize - compares transverse vs. longitudinal waves
- excellent site - interactive and includes a "test bite" - This site is a
must. |
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Longitudinal and Transverse Waves - wave animation demonstrated with
text information. |
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Waves - interactive - adjust frequency, wavelength and visualize effect
of changes. |
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Waves and Wavelike Motion - includes text combined with simple
animations as you read through the text - includes hotlinks to further
information related to different types of wave. Great graphics and easy to
understand text. |
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| Zoom for Kids - a great site for kids - check this out for many different science topics. Lots to offer too much to list! Visit this site. Play a tune with a glass xylophone. | |||||||||||||
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Transverse and Longitudinal Waves Comparison - great animated graphic
including text information. |
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Compares transverse and Longitudinal waves - animated graphics and
simple text. |
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Compares transverse and Longitudinal waves - interactive and animated
graphics; visualizes the differences very well. |
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Compares transverse and Longitudinal waves - simple graphics labeled;
simple text explanation - gets to the point! |
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| Quia - on line concentration game of characteristics of waves. | |||||||||||||
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Wave Phenomena Longitudinal Waves, Transverse Waves and Waves of Mixed Type
-great animated graphics comparing wave motion. |
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Longitudinal vs. transverse waves - interactive tutorial teaching about
waves. |
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Longitudinal vs. transverse waves - great animation; can change settings
to create variations on wave. |
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Measuring Waves -Brainpop -interactive - teaches about types of waves
and parts of waves such as wavelength, amplitude, and frequency - as usual a
great site! This is a subscription site but offers a two week free trial. |
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Sound - Brainpop - interactive - teaches about sound waves - as usual a
great site! This is a subscription site but offers a two week free trial. |
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Music
and Sound - Brainpop -interactive - learn about cds, mp3, stereos. As usual
a great site! This is a subscription site but offers a two week free trial. |
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Sound, Seismic and Ultrasound - BiteSize - contains good information
-but not much in the way of interactivity until you get to the quiz section.
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Interactive Piano - see waves as you play Play a Piano/Synthesizer/
Oscilloscope. Play the piano using your mouse or your computer's keyboard.
As you play the piano, you'll see the wave forms as well as hear them. The
piano can also play a song for you, while you watch too. |
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Sound waves - simulation of specific frequency - adjust the frequencies
by moving the dots and then press play to hear the sound you created! |
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| What are sound waves? Three hot links - Standing Sound Waves video, Sound Wavetrain and sound pulses. | |||||||||||||
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Tuning Fork - wave animations demonstrating waves formed from tuning
forks. |
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| Energy In The Air: How Sound Is Made - good visuals and hot links to define underlined words - hotlink available to the orchestra instruments. | |||||||||||||
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The
Soundry - interactively learn about sound, self-paced, some of the
applets make take time to load but be patient. |
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Zoom for Kids
- a great site for kids - check this out for many different science topics.
Lots to offer too much to list! Visit this site. For Mary Had A Little Lamb,
click
here. |
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| Interactive Sound Activities - worth exploring the different links at this site. Subscription site but offers free trial. | |||||||||||||
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Radio
Transmission - interactive - change the frequency and watch how sound
travels from you and comes out and is heard out of a radio. Interactive!
Check it out! |
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Explore Sound and Wave Activities
- site used for frequency. Very interactive, shows a longitudinal wave and
you can change frequency and a number of other options.
Subscription site but offers free trial. |
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Resonance - good site with text, visuals, analogies. |
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Vibration,Waves,Sound -excellent site; includes great graphics and
interactivity |
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Science of Sounds - A Hands-On Activity based site. |
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| Decibel demo with sound - includes interactivity and ability to hear sounds at various decibels. | |||||||||||||
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Decibel information - text and great graphics; includes additional links
to visit. |
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An interactive introduction to the orchestra - Conjunction is an
educational tool, as well as a 16 minute work for symphony orchestra and
school choir. In Conjunction, the students sing with the orchestra, and this
means that they have to rehearse the piece beforehand, usually in class with
their music teacher, accompanied by an orchestral recording. |
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| Properties of sound - demonstrates actual frequencies ranging from 20 Hz to 20, 000 Hz. | |||||||||||||
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Moving Targets - In this site follow animations that describe how the
Doppler Effect helps astronomers determine whether stars are moving toward
or away from Earth, and at what speed. (Flash plug-in required; non-Flash
version available.) The Doppler effect and much much more! - Interactive!
Fantastic graphics, sound and text to teach you all about the Doppler
effect, speed of sound and light waves and much more. You need shockwave.
Check out this site! |
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| Doppler effect - good sound - get to listen to train whistle coming and going. | |||||||||||||
| Doppler effect - good graphic, no animation, no sound. | |||||||||||||
| Internet Science Explorer - doppler - properties of sound. | |||||||||||||
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Doppler effect -
demonstrates the Doppler effect with an ambulance; no sound but great
visual. |
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Doppler effect - can adjust slider to make changes and observe
difference. |
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Series of animations exploring the Doppler effect. |
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Doppler ball - quicktime movie; : A buzzer and battery are in a tennis
ball at the end of a long string. Whirl the buzzer in a horizontal circle
over your head. Point out the difference in sound between the moving and
stationary buzzer. |
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Hearing - Brainpop -interactive - teaches about types of hearing and
parts of the ear - as usual a great site! This is a subscription site but
offers a two week free trial. |
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How the ear
works - quicktime movie - great video and animation. A must visit!
Perfect! |
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| Hearing and Hair Cells - good graphics and with labeling and text information. | |||||||||||||
| Wired for Sound. How coclear implants work - good graphics with labeling and text information. | |||||||||||||
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Zoom for Kids
- a great site for kids - check this out for many different science topics.
Lots to offer too much to list! Visit this site.
Play music. |
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Hearing Slide Show and much more - A good slide show about hearing
and the ear. |
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| Hearing Damage and Loud Music - How loud is too loud; describes what happens good information. | |||||||||||||
| What is noise and hearing loss - audio and text - good site. | |||||||||||||
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Hearing and Hair Cells - good text and graphics; visit links at end of
article for further information. |
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Anatomy of the ear - slide show style - actual photos not just sketches
of anatomy of ear. |
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Sensitivity of the ear - great graphic. |
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How we hear - great graphic with captions describing how hearing
happens. |
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How the
ear works - includes an animation version and a static graphic with
labels. |
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Kids Corner How the ear works - includes text, animation; makes use of
WindowsMedia Player. |
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 Ear and Hearing Quizzes: |
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| Ear Diagram Quiz - labeled parts need to be identified - online interaction. | |||||||||||||
| Ear EM Spec Quiz Front Page | |||||||||||||
| Ear EM Spec Quiz Back Page | |||||||||||||
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| Noise Pollution Quiz | |||||||||||||
| Sound quiz - glencoe can be checked online. | |||||||||||||
| Quia - on line quiz. | |||||||||||||
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Singing Glasses - create a concert with water and glasses. Interactive!
Try it for lots of fun. |
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Learn How to Make a Water Trombone - at home experiment!
Interactive!
Try it for fun. |
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Tunes and Spoons - Play Mary Had A Little Lamb or create your own tune with
water and bottles - interactive - lots of fun. Follow directions to download
shockwave if necessary. |
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Music Inventions
- After studying how sound is made and after examining simple
musical instruments, students are assigned the project of creating their own
musical instrument. |
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How
can you make a wine glass sing? - includes explanation and quick time
video. |
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| Science Explorer - making an "ear guitar" - hands on activity | |||||||||||||
| Candemonium - hands on activity practice the concept of longer and shorter tubes. | |||||||||||||
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"Sonic
Boom," Learn the basics behind a sonic boom. (No plug-in required.)
Faster than Sound - Sonic Boom Basics - easy to understand facts with great
photos - interactive quiz questions with links to additional information. |
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Faster than Sound - the men that made it happen! Listen to them!
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Submarines, Secrets, and Spies- Online Activity In "Sounds Underwater,"
answer 10 true/false questions about sound and water. (No plug-in required.)
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See Inside a Nuclear Submarine - virtual tour! never before inside look
at the submarine. |
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| Music Physics - gives basic information in text format about vibration, frequency, pitch, resonance, etc. Simple to understand but no frills. | |||||||||||||
| Music and Resonance - makes it simple to understand! Good site. | |||||||||||||
| Resonance - Tiling Analogy - comparing tiling with resonance - helps it make sense. | |||||||||||||
| Resonance and Resonating tubes - good text and graphics. | |||||||||||||
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Standing Waves on a violin - interactive - shows effect of wave. |
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Biosonar
- Seeing with Sound -Young science students can be introduced to the hidden
world of biological sonar by this on-line interactive resource. A must
visit. |
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| Animal bioacoustics , often called simply bioacoustics, is the study of sound in non-human animals. | |||||||||||||
| The Bioacoustics Research Team site devoted to animal communication - communication in noise, information transfer, and much more. | |||||||||||||
| The Bioacoustics Research Program - (BRP) develops and applies new techniques for recording and analyzing animal sounds. Algorithms, computer software, and equipment developed at BRP are used by scientists around the world to study animal communication and to monitor the health of wildlife populations. BRP has developed Raven and Canary, software programs used to visualize, edit, and measure animal sounds. BRP is also pioneering new techniques for censusing and tracking wildlife with arrays of microphones placed in natural environments around the globe. | |||||||||||||
| Listening to nature Across California - This site is an exploration of the natural sounds of California - great sounds! | |||||||||||||
| Wild Sanctuary -Alligators and crocodiles produce very low frequency roars and rumbles, some of which lie below the range of human hearing. Other animals are available you can take a nature safari and listen to each animal. | |||||||||||||
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