Resources

Teacher Resources and Web Links

Classroom Activities

• A Cup Of Sound
• Thinking Inside the Box
• Stirring up Sound
• Sound Off!
• Statistical Uncertainty
• Are We Hearing the Same Thing?
• Cavitation, Anyone?
• Do You Hear What I Hear?
• How to Build a Hydrophone
• Humpback Whales: The Great Communicator of the Sea
• In Other Words
• On the Trail of a Whale

Videos   – NEW –

• Science of Sound Video
• Marine Mammal Hearing
• Hearing in Marine Fishes

Resources for Educators

• Science of Sound in the Sea Resources
• Animals and Sound in the Sea
• People and Sound in the Sea
• Technology Gallery

Media Resources

• FAQs
• Facts and Myths
• Stranding Fact Sheet
• Seismic Airgun Fact Sheet
• Media Backgrounder – How do animal hear underwater?

Articles

• Underwater Acoustics for Everyone
• Sonars and Strandings: Are Beaked Whales the Aquatic Acoustic Canary?
• Long distance listening: A special layer of ocean makes eavesdropping easier

Tutorials

• Science Tutorial
• Effects Tutorial
• Technology Tutorial

Power Points for Educators

• Name That Sound PowerPoint
• DOSITS Jeopardy I
• DOSITS Jeopardy II
• DOSITS Jeopardy III

DOSITS Publications

• DOSITS Booklet
• DOSITS Brochure
• Discovery of Sound in the Sea Book I: Importance of Sound in the Sea
• Discovery of Sound in the Sea Book II: Science of Underwater Sound

Feature Sounds

• Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC)
• Beluga
• Bottlenose Dolphin
• Haunting Refrains (humpback whale)
• Lightning Striking the Sea!
• My Life as a Raindrop
• Ship Noise
• Snapping Shrimp
• Sounds from Below
• Waves