KiwiCo Stereo Headphones

• Grades: 9-12
• Number of Students: 1

Highlights:

Tune in to technology — with a pair of stereo headphones you engineer yourself! Build the headphone headband, rig up the speaker drivers, and experiment with stereo sound. Explore how speakers and other electroacoustic transducers turn electricity into sound, then learn about the historical technologies that made modern headsets possible.

• Engineering in Stereo - Wire up headphones that play music in surround sound
• Science of Sound - Explore the science behind turning electricity into sound
• Bring history to life - Discover the engineering, design, and history of headphones

Curriculum or Lesson Topics:

• Stereo Sound
• Electronics
• Invention of Headphones
• Electromagnetism

Standards Alignment: 

Next Generation Science Standards

• Engineering Design
• Energy

Common Core State Standards

• English Language Arts > History/Social Studies
• English Language Arts > Science & Technical Subjects

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What’s Included:

• Engineering Challenges
  
• Step-By-Step Instructions/Maker's Guide 
• 2 speaker drivers
• 2 audio jacks
• audio cable 
• 2 metal headbands
• 2 ear pads
• 2 speaker housings
• fabric sleeve
• wood set (12 pcs)
• 2 sticky foam sheets
• foam pad
• 2 plastic connectors
• 12 screws
• hex key
• 3 plastic nuts