Keyword: Sound
Seeing Sound
In this lesson students will read about the properties of waves as the relate to sound. Students will also experience demonstrations of how longitudinal and transverse waves move through a medium. Students will also be introduced to spectrograms and how they allow for us to study sounds. They will then apply this knowledge to try […]
Can You Hear Me Now?
In this lesson students are going to compare sound data to the length of the animal making that sound. The students will try to make a correlation between the frequency and the length of the animal, which will lead to a discussion/exploration of the connection between frequency and wavelength. This lesson falls into the greater […]
About MBARI
Research programs at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) encompass the entire ocean, from the surface waters to the deep seafloor, and from the coastal zone to the open sea. The need to understand the ocean in all its complexity and variability drives MBARI's research and development efforts.