Ed Tech 4 Science

(A guest blog by Gus Dupuis)

Engaging students’ senses is an important step towards engaging their minds. Sounds can be fun and educational. For example, while studying rain forests or swamps creating the soundscape can get students visualizing the details of the habitat. Sometimes I will do a quick listening exercise to start class; it is a great way to get students quiet, focused, and using their ears. Crickets and the drum rim shot are fun quick sounds that can keep the classroom climate fun and upbeat. Here are some of my favorite sound sites on the web.

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/netcommunity/page.aspx?pid=1189

Scene from animation from Adaptive Curriculum's "Hear with the Ear"

http://www.wildlife-sound.org/listen/index.php

http://www.fws.gov/video/sound.htm

http://www.nps.gov/grca/naturescience/natural_sound.htm

http://www.nps.gov/glba/naturescience/soundclips.htm

http://www.azgfd.gov/downloads/ringtones.shtml

http://instantrimshot.com/

http://instantrimshot.com/index.php?sound=crickets

http://instantrimshot.com/index.php?sound=drumroll

http://instantrimshot.com/index.php?sound=downer

Gus Dupuis is a graduate student in ASU’s MLF Teachers College, he will be finishing his semester of student teaching and graduating this May 2011 from the Secondary Education (Teacher Certification) (MEd) program and hopes to start teaching biology in the fall.

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