Three components are needed for sound to be heard: A source – where the sound is made. A medium – something for the sound to travel through. A receiver – something to detect the sound. Source ...
Hearing is the ability to detect sound. Human hearing The most obvious part of the human auditory system is the ear. This large protuberance on the outside of the head is just one part of a ...
The ears are responsible for hearing sounds and for balance in the human body. The ear has three parts – the outer, middle and inner ears. Outer ear The outer ear collects sounds from the ...
In this activity, students take part in a class experiment to locate sounds when blindfolded. By the end of this activity, students should be able to: design a sound location experiment and ...
In this activity, students work through a series of slides to learn about the collection and processing of DNA evidence and use DNA profiling to solve a crime. The activity provides experience ...
In this activity, students carry out a genetics webquest using resources from the Science Learning Hub or a genetics animation from the Learn Genetics website. By the end of this activity ...
Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and eventually even the ability to carry out the simplest tasks. In this online ...
Join Karen Parker from Tahuna Normal Intermediate School and Greta Dromgool from the Science Learning Hub in a session which will introduce you to Vision 20/20, an exciting Participatory Science ...
To customise curriculum materials for younger students, teachers need to consider the particular knowledge and skills that their younger students have (Grossman & Thompson, 2008). Strategies ...
Students develop knowledge of new technology that enables fish oil to be added to food without a fishy taste or smell and design an advertisement to promote an omega-3 enriched food. Purpose To ...
This is an edited recording of the webinar Vision 20/20.
Prof John Montgomery, the head of Auckland University Leigh Marine Laboratory, explains how sound travels in water and how this is different to how sound travels in air. He explains why sound can ...
Professor John Montgomery of the University of Auckland discusses how fish hear. He details the organs that fish use to detect sound, how well they can hear sound under water and how this might ...
This slideshow, from the webinar Vision 20/20, provides additional support for the webinar video. Use the slideshow menu for further options, including view full screen, and go here for the ...
This interactive shows the mechanisms of human taste. Select here to go the transcript.
This interactive explains the different cells, microorganisms and molecules involved in the human immune system.
