California Institute of Technology
Spitzer Science Center: Image of an Infrared Echo
The Infrared Echo, featured this space telescope image of the supernova remnant of Cassiopeia A, is created when a star explodes. A detailed textual overview explains various specifics of the picture.
Read Works
Read Works: "The Echoing Green"
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by William Blake about spring. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Cyberchase: Echo Explorers
Players explore math concepts and must use echolocation, as well as their skills in mapping and coordinates, to help free the bats trapped in dark caves.
Other
George Crumb: Echoes of Time and the River
Part of a program, these notes on Crumb and his composition have some good information, and some good quotes.
Other
Lousiana State University Libraries: Creole Echoes
This online library exhibit features the city, culture, people, and institutions of 19th Century New Orleans, Louisiana. The text is available in English and French.
Other
The Legacy Project: Echoes of Guernica
This site is an online exhibition which examines Picasso's Guernica as influential based on works inspired by Picasso's masterpiece. In addition to providing a picture of Guernica, each piece argued to have been influenced by Guernica is...
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Echoes of Elvis
Exhibition explores the many depictions of rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley.
NOAA
Noaa: National Weather Service: Jetstream: Derechos
Online school for weather offers a complete guide to learning about derechos, windstorms associated with thunderstorms. Explore how they are produced, bow echoes, types of derechos, where and when they happen, and how to keep safe. A...
Oregon Secretary of State
Echoes of Oregon: Chronology of Events, 1543 1859
An organized timeline of important events occurring in Oregon from 1543 to 1859. A very brief description is given of each occurrence.
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Medical Echo Sounder
This medical echo sounder was used by Muslim physicians to detect different tumors or swellings.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Auditorium Acoustics
Home page for a hypertext physics course on auditorium acoustics and acoustical design.
PBS
Pbs Teachers:borneo: A Batty Mapping Method
Explore how bats use echolocation to find prey by using echoes to map the direction and distance to various echo sources in their surroundings. Determine the minimum distance at which an echo can be heard and the distance to an echo source.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Expedition Panama: Echoes in the Night
Explore your prior knowledge about bats and investigate bats' use of echolocation to identify and catch prey. Design a game like "Marco Polo" to demonstrate echolocation.
Other
Les Echos: Le Web De L'economie
Daily news about French and International economy. Very complete. You can search by company name, CEO/manager name, or by topic. Stock quotes.
Ohio State University
Echoes in the Ice: Exploration and Science in Antarctica
A website about Richard E. Byrd, Dr. Frederick A. Cook, and Sir Hubert Wilkins and Antarctica exploration.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Architecture for Acoustics
A physics tutorial on designing an auditorium and solving the problem of sound reflection. Illustrated.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Non Focusing Surfaces
This hypertext physics course tutorial on nonfocusing surfaces relates various design principles to good auditorium design. Illustrated.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Reverberation
A tutorial from a hypertext physics course book that discusses reverberation. Illustrated.
California Institute of Technology
Spitzer Science Center: Dead Star Rumbles
This image, titled "Dead Star Rumbles" features a medium-sized image of the remnants of Cassiopeia A and its surrounding infrared echo. The text under the image details various specifics about the picture.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Sound Review
[Free Registration/Login Required] How does sound travel and what parts of the ear detect sound best? Using multiple websites, students discover animals that make the loudest sounds, which tapped glass will create the highest pitch, what...
Other
Echo Echo: Flash Tutorial
This site contains basic and advanced Flash tutorials as well as coding samples.
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Echo and Narcissus
An image of "Echo and Narcissus", created by Nicolas Poussin from 1628-30 (Oil on canvas, 74 x 100 cm).
Other
Architectural Acoustics and Lighting: Room Acoustics
This site from Architectural Acoustics and Lighting provides a discussion of various factors affecting the acoustics of a given room. Room dimensions, the wavelength of the sound wave, the physical characteristics of the walls, the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Coastal Communities Collection
This collection features videos that describe . ECHO members include people from Alaska Native Heritage Center and North Slope Borough ECHO Project in Alaska; Bishop Museum in Hawai'i; New Bedford ECHO Project and Peabody Essex Museum in...