Definition
Sonification refers to the audio representation of data, this should not be confused with sound effects which is an audio representation of an event.
Current Development Version
The a development version of John Travoltage sim with sonification and accessibility can be found on the PhET development website.
What can be sonified?
Hand proximity to the doorknob:
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In Chloe’s physics class they are covering static electricity and today’s examined static discharge by experimenting with some wool, a balloon, a paperclip, and some tape (reference: see here for how this experiment is done). Chloe had a tough time doing and following this experiment in class. To top it off, Chloe couldn’t tell how close she was to the paperclip and burst the balloon. At the end of class their teacher gave a link to some online resources, one of them was a link to the John Travoltage simulation on PhET.
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