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Listening to Make Music
Meet Bart Hopkin, who listens closely to the subtle sonic qualities of wood, water, and pipes as he creates new instruments.
Listening to Get Around
Walk in the shoes of Dean Hudson. As a visually impaired person, Dean depends on audio clues to navigate through the world.
The Language of Nature
Get a lesson in listening from Doniga Markegard, an expert wildlife tracker.
Build a Soundscape
How do different sounds combine to make the unique audio environments of specific places? Build the soundscapes of a beach and a train station.
Listening Memory Game
Play a memory concentration game: Listen closely then match pairs of sounds.
Audio Pong
Close your eyes and listen to tell where the paddle is when you play this all-listening version of the classic game Pong.
Bird Call Quiz
Listen to bird songs and try to figure out which are songs, which are companion calls, and which are alarms.
Listening to Solve Problems
Lisa Miller is a mechanic and teacher who shows her auto shop students how to use their listening skills to fix cars.
Ice
There's more to polar ice than just frozen water. Learn about the many varieties of ice found at the poles and how and where they form.
Frozen Frogs
By passing the winter frozen as solid as a holiday fruit cake, the wood frog breaks all rules. Scientists hoping to preserve human organs are paying close attention.
Frog Chorus
Hear audio clips of the ambient sounds of the rain forest at night near Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
Fruitful DNA Extraction (pdf)
Think you have a lot in common with a kiwi fruit? Genetically speaking, you do.
Stem Cells
See living stem cells and find out why they are the "stem" from which all other cells develop.
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