Find Sounds

Type of Resource: Teacher Tools and Information, Administrator Tools and Information, Student tools and information
Free or Fee: Fee
Computer Needs: Quicktime, Windows Media Player
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This site is a great collection and can be just the thing to add an audio component to a lesson on animals, instruments or a drama class. It´s a straightforward site that is easy to use.

Description:

FindSounds.com is a searchable site geared towards audio features on the web. From the website: "FindSounds.com is a free site for finding sound effects and musical instrument samples on the Web. It is a Web search engine, like Google and AltaVista, but with a focus on sounds. It provides powerful features, yet is simple and easy to use, and suitable for all ages. Note to parents: audio files containing obscenities are filtered out so this site is safe for children. "FindSounds Palette is an audio player, recorder, editor, database, search engine and Web browser, all in one software program. Using this program, you can search more than one million sounds on the Web, and organize and search your own collection of sounds."

Possible uses:

Teachers can use this site in a variety of ways - as a resource for students who are researching a particular animal or musical instrument or to share the sounds of musical instruments with a class. Drama classes creating radio style productions can find loads of sound effects to incorporate into their stories. Curious students and teachers can discover many ways to use these sounds.

Related Resources:

Pre-K, K-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-12+

General Resources
Drama
Music : Instruments

Teacher Tools and Information, Administrator Tools and Information, Student tools and information

Quicktime, Windows Media Player