Contributor National Park Service

Update
11-24-2015
Content Type
Activity
Grade Level
Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
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Website
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Learn about sound waves in this multi-part and comprehensive activity. Students will learn about sound waves, sound intensity, and loudness. They will build upon that knowledge learning about noise pollution, and learning the difference between a sound and a noise. In this activity, students use data from readings and spectrograms, and simple listening techniques, students will consider how sounds affect people and their environment.