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The Physics Classroom: Shockwave Physics Studios
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This collection by features interactive Shockwave activities that simulate a variety of physical situations. Students manipulate variables and observe the outcome on the physical…
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/shwave
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Two Source Interference
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This resource illustrates double slit interference patterns of 2D wave fronts. The waves from two point sources are shown propagating outward, with interference fringes shown on a…
https://web.phys.ksu.edu/vqmorig/programs/java/makewave/olddouble/Slit.h...
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Scientific American: What happens when an aircraft breaks the sound barrier?
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This site provides a description of breaking the sound barrier in terms of the propagation of sound waves. The site includes a striking image of the cloud generated around a…
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-happens-when-an-airc/
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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/
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Physics Classroom: Sound is a Mechanical Wave
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This interactive tutorial describes the nature of sound as a mechanical wave -- a wave that requires a medium to transport energy from one location to another. It is the first of…
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Physics Classroom: Sound as a Longitudinal Wave
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This interactive tutorial discusses sound waves as longitudinal, in which the disturbance moves in the same direction as the propagation of the wave. Longitudinal waves are…
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Physics Classroom: Sound is a Pressure Wave
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This interactive resource is the third of a 3-part tutorial on the nature of sound waves, developed for introductory physics courses. Words, images and animation are combined to…
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Physics Classroom: Pitch and Frequency
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This editor-recommended interactive tutorial from The Physics Classroom will help students understand the relationship of frequency and pitch. Simple language, instructive graphics,…
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Physics Classroom: Intensity and the Decibel Scale
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This interactive tutorial explores factors affecting sound intensity. It explains the mathematical relationship between intensity and distance with example calculations. It also goes…
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IRIS: Recent Earthquake Teachable Moments
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This page offers a compilation of multimedia resources for creating "teachable moments" on the earthquakes. Of particular note is the material for the earthquake/tsunami that struck…
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