Science Links

Sound

Let's Hear It for the Ear
Explanation and diagrams of the ear and how it works.
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/ear_SW.html

Sound Is Energy
Explains principle of acoustic energy and how instruments make sound.
http://library.thinkquest.org/5116/sound.htm?tqskip1=1

The Soundry
Take an interactive journey through the human ear to see how the ear collects and interprets sound.
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?tname=19537&url=19537

Revisewise: Sound
Factsheet, worksheets and test related to properties of sound.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/physical/15_act.shtml

The Sound Site
Activities, discussions, performance and soundcards related to properties of sound.
http://www.smm.org/sound/nocss/top.html

Basics of Sound Waves
Simple explanation of the physics of sound.
http://www.particle.kth.se/~fmi/kurs/PhysicsSimulation/Lectures/04A/waveSound.html

Sound and Fury
All about hearing impairment and Cochlear implants.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/soundandfury/

Homemade Percussion And Junk Music
Lots of original ideas for creating musical instruments of your own.
http://www.rhythmweb.com/homemade/index.html

Junk Music
Music people want to hear performed on objects they don't want. Includes audio samples.
http://www.junkmusic.org/

Musical Instrument Museum
Collection of nineteenth and twentieth century musical instruments.
http://www.themomi.org/museum/index2.html

Edison Phonograph Recordings
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. 
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/edison/sfeature/songs.html

Recording Technology History
Timeline of sound recording technology.
http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/notes.html

Tinfoil Sounds
This site is dedicated to the preservation of early sound recordings made on wax cylinders.
http://www.tinfoil.com/

The Virtual Gramophone
Collection of early gramophone recordings from Canada.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/gramophone/index-e.html

Save Our Sounds
Group dedicated to preservation of historic sound recordings.
http://www.saveoursounds.org/

Sound Experiments
Simple experiments related to sound, noise and resonance.
http://www.hunkinsexperiments.com/themes/themes_sound.htm

Hearing Experiments
Collection of fun experiments related to sound and hearing.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chhearing.html

Sound and Noise Experiments
Collection of simple experiments for kids.
http://www.fatlion.com/science/sound.html

Ear Guitar
Share secret sounds with a friend using simple materials.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/ear_guitar.html

Secret Bells
Make interesting sounds with something as simple as a spoon.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/secret_bells.html

Candemonium
Make fun sounds with old cans.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/can.html

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