|
Sounds Great: Sound |
| Theme: Science and
Technology Unit for Year 3-4 Sounds Great: Sound and some of its
properties. Making and using sound. Designing and making musical
instruments. Designing a device to carry sound over a long distance.
Investigating methods of making sounds. Investigating how sound is
detected and measured. |
| Sites Let's Hear It for the Ear http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/ear_SW.html Explanation and diagrams of the ear and how it works. Sound Is Energy http://library.thinkquest.org/5116/sound.htm?tqskip1=1 Explains principle of acoustic energy and how instruments make sound. The Soundry http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?tname=19537&url=19537/ Take an interactive journey through the human ear to see how the ear collects and interprets sound. Revisewise: Sound http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/physical/15_act.shtml Factsheet, worksheets and test related to properties of sound. The Sound Site http://www.smm.org/sound/nocss/top.html Activities, discussions, performance and soundcards related to properties of sound. Basics of Sound Waves http://www.particle.kth.se/~fmi/kurs/PhysicsSimulation/Lectures/04A/waveSound.html Simple explanation of the physics of sound. Sound and Fury http://www.pbs.org/wnet/soundandfury/ All about hearing impairment and Cochlear implants. Sound FX Page http://www.vionline.com/sound.html Collection of sound effects. Homemade Percussion And Junk Music http://www.rhythmweb.com/homemade/index.html Lots of original ideas for creating musical instruments of your own. Junk Music http://www.junkmusic.org/ Music people want to hear performed on objects they don\'t want. Includes audio samples. Instrument Encyclopaedia http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/ Search for information about instruments from around the world. Musical Instrument Museum http://www.themomi.org/museum/index2.html Collection of nineteenth and twentieth century musical instruments. Edison Phonograph Recordings http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/edison/sfeature/songs.html The Edison company produced these five tunes between 1919 and 1926. Also included is a re-enactment of the first words recorded on a phonograph. Recording Technology History http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/notes.html Timeline of sound recording technology. Tinfoil Sounds http://www.tinfoil.com/ This site is dedicated to the preservation of early sound recordings made on wax cylinders. The Virtual Gramophone http://www.collectionscanada.ca/gramophone/index-e.html Collection of early gramophone recordings from Canada. Save Our Sounds http://www.saveoursounds.org/ Group dedicated to preservation of historic sound recordings. Lessons Sound Experiments http://www.hunkinsexperiments.com/themes/themes_sound.htm Simple experiments related to sound, noise and resonance. Hearing Experiments http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chhearing.html Collection of fun experiments related to sound and hearing. Sound and Noise Experiments http://www.fatlion.com/science/sound.html Collection of simple experiments for kids. Ear Guitar http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/ear_guitar.html Share secret sounds with a friend using simple materials. Secret Bells http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/secret_bells.html Make interesting sounds with something as simple as a spoon. Candemonium http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/can.html Make fun sounds with old cans. Science Of Sound http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/sound/notes.shtml List of simple experiments related to sound. Teacher Reference Windows Sound Recorder Tutorial http://webster.commnet.edu/DL/dl-help/help-SoundRecorder.htm The Windows Sound Recorder is a simple audio recording utility included with all versions of the Windows Operating System published since 1995. Audacity Tutorials http://www.tsof.edu.au/resources/sound/Support/tutorials.asp Basic tutorials to introduce using Audacity software. Software Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Audacity is a free audio editor. You can record sounds, play sounds, import and export WAV, AIFF, and MP3 files, and more. |
| Charlie www.PrimarySchool.com.au |
Index
