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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 Needed
iPod

wood

Styrofoam

bubble wrap

newspaper

cardboard

saw

scissors

ruler

nails

tape

Mini Sound Meter
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Results

   The wood box insulated against the sound the best.
References

• http://www.allnoisecontrol.com/

• http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/
  loudness.html

• http://www.dangerousdecibels.org/

• http://www.howstuffworks.com/question124.htm

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