sound

Position: Professor, Principal Investigator Centre for Brain Research, The University of Auckland. Field: Marine science. Professor John Montgomery is the former Director of the of Leigh...

Travel under the waves to the reefs of New Zealand to explore sound and noise – what sound is, how it travels, what changes under water...

In this activity, students listen to sounds made in a swimming pool while being under water themselves. By the end of this activity, students should be...

In this activity, students play different kinds of sounds near a computer’s microphone and watch the resulting visual display created by oscilloscope software. By the end...

In this activity, students make a hydrophone and use it to listen to underwater sounds. By the end of this activity, students should be able to:...

in this activity, a class or group of students create several soundscapes to gain a greater appreciation of how background sound differs from one geographical setting...

In this activity, students take part in a class experiment to locate sounds when blindfolded. By the end of this activity, students should be able to:...

In this activity, students model how sound travels by sending waves along two stretched plastic slinkies tied together. By the end of this activity, students should...

Hearing is the ability to detect sound. Human hearing The most obvious part of the human auditory system is the ear. This large protuberance on the...

Sound is a pressure wave caused when something vibrates, making particles bump into each other and then apart. The particles vibrate back and forth in the...

Sound is a pressure wave, but this wave behaves slightly differently through air as compared to water. Water is denser than air, so it takes more...

Three components are needed for sound to be heard: A source – where the sound is made. A medium – something for the sound to travel...

If someone dropped you off several kilometres from your house, how would you know where you are and how would you find your way home? Chances...

Kina are a particular species of sea urchin endemic to New Zealand. Most of us can identify a kina shell found on a beach as a...

The reefs of New Zealand are noisy places, not the silent world that many of us imagine. The animals that live on reefs, such as shrimp,...

The noisy reef takes us under the waves to the reefs of New Zealand to explore sound and noise under water. Using this unique habitat, we...

Our ears have a very important job – they help us hear all kinds of sounds around us! But sometimes people have trouble hearing. There are...

Below are links to Science Learning Hub resources related to sound in the Physical World strand of the New Zealand Curriculum. Exploring sound – resources for...

Have you been outside at night and heard the call of ruru, or maybe it sounds more like morepork to you? Ninox novae-zelandiae, the ruru or...

All musical instruments work by making vibrations. We make sounds by actions such as striking, blowing, plucking, swinging, shaking or scraping the instruments. Individual instruments have...

To create a sound, there needs to be movement. That’s because sound is a form of energy. This activity uses a model of a pūrerehua (or...

Use music to engage students in learning the science concepts of sound in a fun and meaningful way. The New Zealand Ministry of Education’s Building Science...

In this set of activities, students use play and exploration to learn about movement, vibrations and hearing sounds. This resource is designed for students working at...

In this set of activities, students are introduced to basic Physical World concepts about sound through the use of play and exploration. This resource is designed...