With all the talk of Hurricane Henri and the degree to which it will affect the SouthCoast, it s easy to lose track of the week s other top news stories.
NEW BEDFORD Sixth-graders at the advanced level at Keith Middle School have teamed up with the New Bedford Whaling Museum in a pilot program to understand how sound waves travel through different media. They re able to bridge the connection of sound waves, said Misti Nordstrom, sixth-grade math and science teacher. For students to learn about frequency of waves, they re really surprised to learn that sound travels faster through water than air.
So far, Nordstrom said students are most excited about sperm whale communication and how whales use different clicking noises and patterns for different expressions. Some are for safety reasons, some to capture prey.