SOUND SITES!!
Grades K-5
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SOUND SITES!! |
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Grades K-5 |
| I Know That - Click on the Sound icon to hear and explore sound waves. Select Illustration and Exploring Pitch and Sound for different activities. | Bumper Cows A version of the Simon Says game. Listen to the sequence and click on the correct order |
| Monkey Jungle: Click on the banana that has a different sound from the others! Get a banana split as a reward! | Tone-o-Matic Click on the lights that match the tone. If you are right, you get a nugget! |
| Acorn Drop Player must successfully discriminate between two tones. This type of discrimination is a fundamental of understanding spoken language. | Memory Different words are spoken. Find the window that has the matching word. |
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Natural Symphony Find the animal sounds to complete this natural symphony! Explore several ecosystems, and their animals, to find the sounds that will complete the signature song. You will "audition" (listen to) several animals, then help the great conductor and composer match the animal sound to the animal. Great group lesson K-5 |
Oscilloscope
Simulation Operate a virtual oscilloscope as you would operate a real one. You can attach and detach the virtual signal cables. Experience with a real oscilloscope is helpful here. Allow for practice time before introducing this to a class . Grades 3-5 |
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Science for Kids: Sound and Noise 2 simple projects to help demonstrate some of the physics of sound. Grades K-2 |
Neuroscience
For Kids: The Senses Lots of experiments to explore how we learn about the world around. Great teacher resource with plenty of links. Grades 2-5 |
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The Virtual Museum of Music Inventions Exhibits of homemade musical instruments. Great links to sites about musical instruments and sound. Grades 2-5 |
Five Senses A very complete online unit plan (bilingual- Spanish) that integrates all subject areas based around learning the 5 senses. Grades k-2 |
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Science Museum of Minnesota:
Sound Site Send a sound card. Preview sounds in the Listen column, then choose the accompanying postcard from the Send column. Grades 3-5 |
The Science of
Sound! Learn about sound from some 5th Grade Applied Science Students. Explore questions such as how is sound made and how do we hear sounds and see samples of sound waves. Grades 4,5. |
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Adventures from Carnegie Hall Learn about music in fun, interactive explorations. Grades K-5 |
Science Links for Kids and
Teachers Great links to sound sites and activities for all ages. |
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Ocean Odyssey Click to see if you can master the challenges the Sea Serpent has set up about sound. |
Lissajous
Lab From Math Cats This site provides you with a virtual oscilloscope which you can use to generate patterns. Grades 2-5 |
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The Science of Sound
Buzz, crackle, bang — sound is everywhere! Use these fun activities to help students discover how sound travels and how our ears pick it up. Grades K-5 |
Percussion Listen and learn about different drums. Learn to build a water drum. Group lesson Grades 2-3 Independent lesson 4-5. |
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Acoustic Monitoring Monitor the global ocean through underwater acoustics. Advanced vocabulary but a good teacher resource. |
Soundscape: A Sense of Sound Your mission is to "collect" sounds that define your zip code's sense of place! Listen to examples of these three types of sounds from three communities in the United States. A good class activity for any grade. |
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Do You Hear
What I Hear? This simulated investigation can help you to explore the dynamics of a sound wave. Written for high school students, but easily modified for grades 2-5. |
Sound
Sketch Tool
This activity includes an interactive activity that allows you to sketch and quantify sound using two different representations. Grades 2-5 |
Dr.
Seuss’s Sound Words |
Sound
Description Chart In this student interactive, from a ReadWriteThink lesson, students brainstorm then record a list of at least five sound words that describe the sounds they associate with events including a thunderstorm, traffic, and the hallway after school. Grades K-2 |
Compiled
by Winnie Carey
Integration Technology Specialist
Last updated 09/29/2006
Graphics courtesy of www.johnap.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Instruments.html