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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…
https://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/ear_guitar.html
Faster than Sound 
  
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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…
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/barrier/
Acoustics and Vibration Animations 
  
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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…
https://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/demos.html
The Soundry: How We Perceive Sound - The Ear 
  
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This web page explains the structure of the ear and the way sound is received, transmitted, and understood by the brain. It takes you through each part of the ear and explains how…
https://www.schoolnet.org.za/PILAfrica/en/webs/19537/ear.html
The Soda Bottle Speaker 
  
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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…
http://physics.mercer.edu/marone/soda/sbsintro.htm
How is a Rocket like a Guitar? 
  
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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…
https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/21oct_clintbl...
PhET Simulation: Fourier: Making Waves 
  
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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…
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/fourier
The Physics Classroom: Standing Waves: Harmonics and Patterns 
  
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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…
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/waves/u10l4d.cfm
PhET Simulation: Sound 
  
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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.…
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/sound
The Soundry 
  
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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,…
https://www.schoolnet.org.za/PILAfrica/en/webs/19537/
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