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PhET Simulation: Sound
published by the PhET
You can visualize sound with this PhET simulation from the University of Colorado. You can vary the frequency and wavelength to see how the sound wave changes and how it propagates. Also, you can hear the sound that would be produced.

This simulation is part of a large and growing collection developed by the Physics Educational Technology Project using research-based principles.

Please note that this resource requires Java.
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/sound
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Waves and Pendula
- Acoustics
= Pitch
- Sound Reproduction
- Wave Motion
= Wave Properties of Sound
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Middle School
- Informal Education
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Interactive Simulation
- Audio/Visual
= Sound
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- Educators
- application/java
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Mirror: https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/sound/sound_en…
Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2005 PHET and University of Colorado
Additional information is available.
Keywords: amplitude, frequency, harmonic content, interference, longitudinal waves, pitch, sound, sound waves, two source interference, wave, wave period, wave structure
Record Cloner: Metadata instance created October 22, 2006 by Gifford Weber
Record Updated: Feb 09, 2018 by Caroline Hall
Last Update
when Cataloged:		 August 11, 2008
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Record Link
AIP Format
, Version 2.05.03 (PhET, Boulder, 2005), WWW Document, (https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/sound).
AJP/PRST-PER
PhET Simulation: Sound, Version 2.05.03 (PhET, Boulder, 2005), <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/sound>.
APA Format
PhET Simulation: Sound. (2008, August 11). Retrieved December 3, 2023, from PhET: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/sound
Chicago Format
PhET. PhET Simulation: Sound. Boulder: PhET, August 11, 2008. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/sound (accessed 3 December 2023).
MLA Format
PhET Simulation: Sound. Vers. 2.05.03. Boulder: PhET, 2005. 11 Aug. 2008. 3 Dec. 2023 <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/sound>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{ Title = {PhET Simulation: Sound}, Publisher = {PhET}, Volume = {2023}, Number = {3 December 2023}, Month = {August 11, 2008}, Year = {2005} }
Refer Export Format

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EndNote Export Format

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