How Do Insects Make Their Sound?

Blog Post | May 2020

How Do Things Make Sound?

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The Vernier Go Direct Sound Sensor: See Sounds in a New Light (Bluetooth)

Blog Post | October 2018

As much as I loved field trips with my students, I found the bus rides to be excessively stressful. It wasn’t because of the teacher responsibilities or the student behavior, but because of the noise. The volume and…

NSTA Press Extras

Page | March 2020

NSTA Press Extras NSTA Press® books with additional online resources Adventures With Arthropods: Eco-Friendly Lessons for Middle School Becoming a Responsive Science Teacher: Focusing on Student Thinking in Secondary Science Beyond the Egg Drop: Infusing Engineering Into High School Physics Brain-Powered Science…

Exploring sound and music as part of science learning

Blog Post | December 2010

Exploring how sound is made is one way music is used in early childhood classrooms. I like to use a triangle to focus children’s attention on the tiny movement that generates the sound. They touch the still triangle and…

What Makes Different Sounds?: I Wonder Why

NSTA Kids | October 2012

On their walk home from school, twins Jane and Jim explore why sounds can be startling (like sirens), soothing (like music), or mysterious (like eerie creaking in an empty house). By coming along, young readers of What…