A. Applications
It is difficult to foresee new developments and applications relating to sound which are likely to arise in the future. As such new applications are developed through advances in science and technology, teachers should feel free to incorporate them into the following list.
The understandings and concepts developed through these applications are left to the discretion of the physics teacher. However, regardless of the extent to which these applications are developed, connections should be made which relate the applications to the behaviour of waves and other important physical phenomena.
Furthermore, consideration of these or any other applications in physics should be treated with an emphasis which helps to develop the science, technology, society, and environment (STSE) thrust of the new curriculum. Whenever opportunities arise to develop STSE interrelationships (Dimension D), they should be pursued.
Treatment of the historical context of these applications and developments is encouraged, to put the study of physics into its proper social and historic framework. Students should also be aware that many outstanding achievements in science and other realms of human experience occurred when individuals deviated from accepted norms and practices, bound only by their imagination, often in spite of strong opposition and persecution.
Select any three of:
Acoustics
Animal calling
Applications of ultrasound and infrasound
Audio engineering
Hearing impairment
Hearing in animals
Musical instruments
Sonar and/or radar
Supersonic and subsonic speed
Synthesizers and/or synthetic sound
The human voice
(Other applications of sound may be included to the above list.)