Reviews
Booklist Starred Review
“This thoroughly engaging introduction to the science behind making, transmitting, and receiving sound includes more than 25 kid-friendly experiments that effectively reinforce concepts. Suitable for both group and individual exploration and requiring common, easy-to-find everyday materials, this makes a fun and attractive addition for STEM collections.”
School Library Journal
“…a fine addition to a library’s STEM section, has many curricular tie-ins, and is useful for curious readers and young researchers.”
Always in the Middle
"The Science of Sound is a great choice for STEM related study at home or in the classroom."
Children’s Literature
“This is a fantastic book to introduce children to the world of sound and the science behind it. Highly recommended for elementary school STEM programs everywhere.”
Praise for Picture Book Science: Simple Machines by Andi Diehn
Selected as a “recommended title” by the Kansas National Education Association’s Reading Circle Commission
Booklist Series Nonfiction Showcase
“The newest Picture Book Science series introduces simple machines through poems, declarative sentences that define technical vocabulary in context, and relatable examples supported by bright illustrations featuring diverse casts of characters. Worthy additions for elementary STEAM collections.”
Praise for Technology: Cool Women Who Code by Andi Diehn
National Science Teaches Association Recommends
“Coding is extremely popular with students now as they work to develop games and apps to meet the common social and gaming interests. Written like a magazine with short reading areas followed by “Ask & Answer” essential questions, the book focuses on reading comprehension and reasoning skills while also teaching about technology then and now. . . This book is anything but dull and definitely not ‘textbooky’”. Read the complete review online.
Science Books & Films
+: Recommended
“Technology: Cool Women Who Code highlights three women that have contributed to technology in STEM and is an excellent book for young girls. The inspirational stories of these successful women in STEM are the perfect introduction to the careers and contributions in technology for young readers . . . This is a much needed book for our time for young readers to be inspired by strong females in the world of STEM, and recommended for both boys and girls.”
Detailed Book Description
What role does sound play in your world?
The Science of Sound: Pitch, Volume, Music, and Noise with Hands-On Science Activities for Kids is a symphony of learning as readers ages 8 to 11 discover how to identify the sounds around them and pinpoint how they’re formed and where they travel from. From splashy puddles to crunchy leaves to barking dogs to a strummed guitar, sound is all around us.
Discover how scientists use sound to map the ocean floor and investigate climate change. Learn how sound exists inside the human body. Examine how sound travels, what a sound wave is, and how the human ear works! In this book, kids have fun learning about sound as a sensation and as a tool of communication—and not just for humans.
Hands-on STEM activities, entertaining illustrations, essential questions, text-to-world connections, fascinating sidebars, and links to online resources and videos all add up to some loud learning!
Try these hands-on STEM activities!
- Make a stethoscope
- Build a homemade instrument
- Design a new kind of speakers
- Develop a sound maze
Available In:
Hardcover, $24.95
9781619309937 |
Paperback, $19.95
9781619309968 |
Includes: Table of Contents | Timeline | Maps | Glossary | Resources | Index | Metric Conversions Chart
Specs: 8 x 10 size | 4-color interior | 112 pages
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Timeline
Introduction: What’s in a Sound?
Chapter 1: Super Sound Waves
Chapter 2: Heroic Hearing
Chapter 3: Pitch Perfect
Chapter 4: All That Sound
Chapter 5: Sound Technology
Glossary
Metric Conversions
Resources
Essential Questions
Index
