Knowledge: sound and acoustics
See Also:
- kids and teens → arts → music → instruments
- kids and teens → school time → science → living things → animals → mammals → humans → nervous system
- kids and teens → school time → science → living things → animals → mammals → humans → senses
- kids and teens → school time → science → physics → waves
Links
- Science of Sound
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sound/nocss/top.html - A partnership site between the Science Museum and the Minnesota Orchestra, exploring the science and art of sound by offering performance, activities, and discussion sections.
- Sound Waves and the Eardrum
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/waves/edl.html - Offers an animation of how high and low pressure waves make the eardrum vibrate along with information on how the journey of sound waves affects the brain.
- Sounds and Noise
http://www.fatlion.com/science/sound.html - Try these experiments which show the physics of sound waves by using objects around the house to demonstrate how they travel.
- Acoustics and You
http://asa.aip.org/acou_and_you.html - Find out about all the possible areas for a career in acoustics on this site by the Acoustical Society of America.
- The Doppler Effect and Sonic Booms
http://www.gmi.edu/~drussell/Demos/doppler/doppler.html - Explore in detail the wave front diagrams of stationary and moving sources at both subsonic and supersonic velocities.
- The Physics Classroom
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/sound/soundtoc.html - The sound section of a more diverse site. Contains lots of information and fully explained diagrams. Check your understanding with a quiz at the end.
- The vOICe Sonification Applet - Draw your own Sound
http://www.seeingwithsound.com/javoice.htm - Lets explore synthetic sound and vision with a voice mapping Java applet. Also, sonify the pre made images, or make new ones.
- Standing Sound Waves
http://hep.physics.indiana.edu/~rickv/Standing_Sound_Waves.html - Uses diagrams to show pressure nodes and internodes of harmonics in a pipe.
- The Physics of Sound
http://www.physics.usu.edu/classes/4020/soundnotes/sound.htm - Uses graphs to explain production and perception of sound.
- Musical Acoustics
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/ - Learn about acoustics of different instruments, the sound spectrum, standing wave patterns supported by different air columns on this page by The University of New South Wales, Australia .
- Sounds Amazing
http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/schools/ - Learn all about sounds and waves through a graphical-learning based interface in four lessons.
- Looking at Sound
http://www.gcse.com/waves/sound_detail.htm - Detailed look at how sound can be analyzed with a microphone and oscilloscope with clear examples of expected results.
- Sound is Energy
http://library.thinkquest.org/5116/sound.htm - Find out about sound waves, and how their graph varies with change of pitch and volume. Check out the experiments which show that sounds are vibrations.
- How Ultrasound Works
http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspDetail&ResourceID=52 - Learn about how waves are reflected as they travel through various objects, and how these reflections are used to produce images for medical use.
- Newsome High School Huddersfield
http://kirkleeslea.000freehosting.com/ScienceWeb.htm - Download sound worksheet to test your knowledge.
- AS Sounds Amazing
http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/feschools/ - Offers experiments and demonstrations designed to help you understand sound, waves and acoustics.
- Science of Sound
http://www.freewebs.com/mainstream/ - Explains the fundamental ideas of sound.
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