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Publisher: Public Broadcasting Service
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NOVA's Faster than Sound is a short history of how Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1. It includes interviews of the key people involved, including audio recording…
Ear Guitar 
  
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Publisher: Exploratorium
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This web page provides instructions for building the classic experiment for communicating with two cups and a string, but the emphasis is on communicating by plucking the strings in…
  
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D. Russell
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Visit this site for interesting animations of wave and phenomena, with an emphasis on sound and acoustics. You'll also see the equations that describe basic wave behavior. You'll…
  
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T. Robinson
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At this site, from Mercer University, you can build your own speaker with a magnet, some fine wire, a little hot glue, paper and a plastic bottle. To go further, you can do…
  
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Publisher: Cambridge Street Publishing
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If you've ever wondered how the sounds you hear relate to changes in air pressure, you'll enjoy this site, produced by Simon Fraser University. It provides a description of waveform,…
  
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A. Kulesza, D. Green, and G. Christopher; Publisher: ThinkQuest
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This website, formally hosted on ThinkQuest, provides an introduction to the basic concepts of sound. Topics include the human ear and sound perception, the physics of sound,…
  
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Publisher: PhET
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This PhET simulation allows you to study Fourier series expansions of waves--one example is the overtone series in a musical instrument. You can select amplitudes of up to 11…
  
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Publisher: T. Henderson
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Visit this tutorial for an introduction to standing waves. Don't miss the simulations that demonstrate harmonics and their associated wave patterns. You'll also find explanation of…
  
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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.…
  
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Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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This NASA feature presents a discussion with country music star Clint Black describing how resonance occurs in a guitar and in the space shuttle rocket and spacecraft. The air…
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