There are Different Types of Sound
Activity:
1. Ask students to brainstorm a list of different kinds of sounds.
2. As a whole class exercise, compare lists and categorize the different types into four major categories:
A) "background" (i.e., ambient sounds that might be heard in the same place as the image if you captured sound without pointing a mike to any particular object.)
B) "speech" (i.e., sounds made by people using words.)
C) "music" (i.e., phrases of instrumental music.)
D) "effects" (i.e., sounds made by objects or familiar from games.)
3. If there are sound types that do not fit into this category system, create separate categories or add a "miscellaneous" category. Tell students that there are many ways to categorize types of sounds, and that the categories used in these applets are just one way to do it.