*+Resources

 **__Main Resource__:** //Sounds Good: Teacher’s Guide//, Atlantic Edition, Scholastic Canada Ltd., 2001


 * Websites:**


 * Kids Health** has all kinds of information about your ears!
 * The 5 Senses: Hearing: ** A number of links to websites which contain information and/or other links related to the specific theme of the body's sense of hearing.


 * Sound is Energy ** provides you with some great information about sound and some pretty cool projects to try out yourself.


 * Science Kids at Home** has some great information about sound and some neat experiments.


 * Brainpop** has animated movies and activities about hearing and sound.


 * The Soundry** has lots of information and activities about sound. Some of it is difficult, but most of it will be accessible to grade 4 students.


 * Play a Piano** lets students play notes and see sound waves.


 * Books:**

by Robert W. Wood (McGraw-Hill, 1997)
 * Sound Fundamentals: Funtastic Science Activities for Kids**


 * Hearing Sounds** (Science for Fun) by Gary Gibson (Copper Beach Books, 1995)

by Janice Pratt VanCleave (John Wiley and Sons, 1991)
 * Janice VanCleave’s Physics for Every Kid: 101 Easy Experiments in Motion, Heat, Light, and Sound**

 **Fiarotta, Noel and Phyllis**. //Music Crafts for Kids//. NY: Sterling Co., 1993. Instruction on how to read music and make simple musical instruments.

**Kaner, Etta. ** //Sound Science//. Reading MA: Addison-Wesley, 1991. Explores the nature of sound through experiments, riddles, interesting facts, puzzles and games.


 * Videos:**


 * Science of Sound**


 * Bill Bye the Science Guy - "Sound is a Vibe"**


 * Oobleck**


 * Name That Sound**


 * How does the ear work? Click HERE to find out!**


 * Exploring Sound: Sound Waves**


 * Exploring Sound: Parts of the Ear**


 * Exploring Sound: Loudness**


 * The Magic School Bus: In The Haunted House** (Sound) 1994. This video introduces children to the concepts of sound. As the adventure begins, Carlos' instrument is sickly sounding, but what he hears in the seemingly haunted Sound Museum ignites his curiosity. While the visit to the spooky museum is more than the class bargained for, it leads to the episode's lesson on the origins and behavior of soundwaves.