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Sounds amazing

A nice site designed to help students to understand sound and waves, very well presented. There are acoustic and audio related web demonstrations and experiments.

The ear pages

Exploration of the ear and hearing on the Nobel Prize site, based on the work of Medicine Prizewinner Georg von Bekesy. Videos, simulations and a quiz.

Ocean odyssey

Launch the game to help Mel get her voice back by leaning about sound.

Blockbusters quiz on light and sound

Click on the letters for questions on light and sound and work your way across the board.

Blockbusters quiz on sound and hearing

Click on the letters and answer the questions - try to make it across the board!

Doc Brown's quiz on sound and hearing

Questions on sound waves, pitch/frequency, loudness/amplitude, comparing speed of light/sound, hearing and the function of ear.

Games from Scienceworld

Click the arrow in the top right hand corner to get to a game of your choice

How to make paper noise

A fun experiment to make sound with paper

Making noise

How to make some screeching sounds

How stuff works: hearing

This article shows the mechanical systems that make hearing possible and traces the path of a sound, from its source to your brain. Nice animation of sound travelling though air.

Background information on sound

Answers to some commonly asked questions about sound.

Sound at a glance

Learn about sound, the ear and much more!

All about Sound (School Physics)

Read all about the ear, echoes, speed of sound, loudness and frequency, then do the problems by filling in the gaps.

Changing sounds

Read about changing sounds. Then answer some questions and try to fill the blanks on the worksheet.

Introduction to what sound is

Animations show how sound travels through the air.

Parts of the ear

The Ear diagram to label.