Unit Plan
Utah State Office of Education

Utah State Office of Education: Force, Energy, & Motion

For Students 6th - 8th
A unit on energy, force, and motion presented with interactive and classroom activities. Students gain an understanding of weight, mass, potential and kinetic energy, sound, and heat with this engaging resource.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: All About Sound

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart shows the different parts of sound wavelengths and human hearing. Use the magic revealer when you learn to identify the sound canal in humans.
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Other

Mostly Music: Music Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of a variety of physics topics related to music and sound. Topics include vibrations, sound waves, frequency and pitch, resonance and overtones.
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Curated OER

Georgia State University: Interference of Sound

For Students 9th - 10th
An exceptional entry for interference of sound and its causes. Well illustrated and good explanations; part of a large hyper-textbook on various physics concepts.
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Other

Physics and Psychophysics of Music

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is filled with information pertaining to the physics of sound and music.
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NASA

Rxte Learning Center: Frequency, Wave Length, and Energy Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource focuses on the relationship between the frequency, wavelength and speed of light. Has a link to an interactive activity relating frequency, wavelength, and energy.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Light & Sound, Light Reflection Relay

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
For this exploration, students will investigate how light reflects off smooth surfaces, learn about angles of reflection, and apply that knowledge in a relay experiment.
Activity
Michigan Reach Out

Michigan Reach Out!: Drums (Sounds Like Science)

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site is provided for by Michigan Reach Out. Students experiment with the variables of force, pitch and volume after making a drum.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Doppler Effect: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will describe how the doppler effect is created by moving sound waves. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Doppler Effect."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Doppler Effect: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will describe how the doppler effect is created by moving sound waves. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Doppler Effect."
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Doppler Effect: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will describe how the doppler effect is created by moving sound waves. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Doppler Effect."
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: To Absorb or Reflect, That Is the Question

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is the last of five sound lessons, and it introduces acoustics as the science of studying and controlling sound. Young scholars learn how different materials reflect and absorb sound.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Sound for Sight

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Echolocation is the ability to orient by transmitting sound and receiving echoes from objects in the environment. As a result of a Marco-Polo type activity and subsequent lesson, students learn basic concepts of echolocation. They use...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Make a Phonograph From Everyday Items

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this physics science fair project, the student will use common materials to play back sound from a vinyl record album. The student will investigate what kinds of materials produce the best sound. The Science Buddies project ideas are...
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Other

Deafness Research Uk: How the Ear Works

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of several images explains how the ear makes us hear sound.
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Technovation

Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Make a Signal Horn

For Students 9th - 10th
Build a signal horn to make low-frequency sounds that can be heard from far away in this STEM lesson. Use this interactive site to document your design process. Included on the site is a video explaining a possible solution to the problem.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: The Doppler Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit this page to see an animation demonstrating the Doppler Effect. How do sound waves and electromagnetic waves behave similarly with this effect?
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Seafloor: Sonar Boats

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site includes a brief example of how sound detector boats work. It also includes an assessment for students to show their knowledge of using sound waves to predict the depth of water.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Wave Interference: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will discuss the differences between constructive and destructive wave interference. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Wave Interference."
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Other

Dan Sloughter: Trigonometric Series Approximations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Understand how trigonometric functions can model periodic behavior. See the application of periodic behavior, amplitude, frequency in sound waves. Make sure to turn up your sound to load an audio file to play the given tone of the...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Wave Interference: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will discuss the differences in constructive and destructive wave interference. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Wave Interference."
Unit Plan
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Standing Waves and Wind Instruments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To explain how musical sounds in aerophones are created by standing waves
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Auditorium Acoustics

For Students 9th - 10th
Home page for a hypertext physics course on auditorium acoustics and acoustical design.
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Science Fun for Everyone

Science Fun: Balloon Speakers

For Students 2nd - 4th
Learn about sound waves with this science experiment. All you need is a balloon!

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