Protect Your Ears From Noise
Protect Your Ears From Noise
Problem
Which insulation material, wood, bubble wrap, Styrofoam, newspaper, or cardboard, will insulate an alarm sound the most, measured in decibels?
Hypothesis
The Styrofoam box will insulate the most sound.
Materials NeedediPodwoodStyrofoambubble wrapnewspapercardboardsawscissorsrulernailstapeMini Sound Meter
Results
The wood box insulated against the sound the best.
• http://www.allnoisecontrol.com/
• http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/loudness.html
• http://www.dangerousdecibels.org/
• http://www.howstuffworks.com/question124.htm
References