• Stereo Headphones

    1. Grades 9-12

    $39.954.6

    Wire up a pair of headphones and jam to your favorite music! Build the 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 engineering history that made modern headsets possible.

    Academic Standards

    1. MS-PS4-2: Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for information transfer
    2. RH.9-10.2: English Language Arts > History/Social Studies
    3. RST.9-10.2: English Language Arts > Science & Technical Subjects

    Why it’s awesome

    1. Engineering in stereo

      Wire up headphones that play music in surround sound.

    2. Science of sound

      Explore the science behind turning electricity into sound.

    3. Bring history to life

      Discover the engineering, design, and history of headphones.

    What’s included?

    • 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

    • Maker's Guide

    Topics explored

    1. Electronics

    2. Stereo sound

    3. Electricity + magnetism

    Additional details

    From the desk of the product designer:

    Behind the design

    “You'll build an awesome pair of headphones yourself, but you'll also be an audio engineer and experiment with amazing stereo-sound illusions.”

    - KiwiCo Product Designer

    By the numbers

    12

    Headband designs

    6

    Headphone cups tested

    7

    Audio clips we included online

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