Student Resources

Internet Resources

Questions	Resources
What is sound and how is it produced?	Revisewise Sound Sound Machine Engineering Interact-Sound Brainpop SOS Sound Sounds Amazing
What is compression?	Brainpop Fatlion
What are sound waves?	Brainpop Sounds Amazing
How are amplitude, wavelength, and frequency connected?	Teaching Resources - Animations
What determines the loudness of a sound?	Engineering Interact-Loudness
What is the relationship between frequency and the pitch of a sound wave?	Engineering Interact Explore Learning Changing Sounds Teaching Resources - Animations Sounds Amazing
What are some places you might be exposed to loudness that could harm your ears?	Engineering Interact Sound Machine Sounds Amazing
How is a longitudinal wave different from a transverse wave?	Brainpop Drussell Demos Sounds Amazing

Skills

Choosing the Best Search Tools for Your Task ...Learn when to use which search engine.
Comparing Search Tools on the Web...Learn the various search engines and why each produces a different set of results.
Choosing the Best Search Tools for Your Task ...Learn when to use which search engine.
Using the Internet

Local Print and Nonprint Resources

Skills

School Library holdings
- Destiny Automated Card Catalog

Public Library holdings

BCPL Kid's Catalog

Print Encyclopedias
Online Encyclopedias
- New Book of Knowledge
- America the Beautiful

Using Books and Nonprint ... how to use automated catalogs and preview materials for usefulness.
Keyword Search Strategies
Using the BCPL Online Catalog
Using Print and CD-ROM Encyclopedias... Advantages of different encyclopedia formats
Using Online Encyclopedias ...See help section on each encyclopedia website

Last update: June 2010
Created by Ruthie Long & Kathy Wilson

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