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Fourier Series Applet 
  
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This java applet simulates Fourier approximations of sine, triangle, sawtooth and square waves, as well as noise, along with their phase terms and harmonics. The number of terms is…
http://www.falstad.com/fourier/
OPPS: Sound & Music 
  
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This guide to a workshop for primary teachers provides an introduction to the concepts of sound. It is designed to provide teachers with an inquiry-based learning experience for the…
https://www.compadre.org/precollege/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=2510&DocID...
Vibration Science: Tuning Forks, Pasta Resonance, and Straw Trombones  [ Report ]
  
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This AAPT Lesson Plan for Grades 6-9 explores pitch, frequency, amplitude, and resonance phenomena through hands-on activities. It blends digital modeling of wave phenomena with…
https://www.compadre.org/precollege/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14538&DocI...
Mindset Learn: Loudness and Pitch 
  
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This 9-minute video uses an oscilloscope to demonstrate how the loudness of a sound is related to its wave amplitude and how pitch is related to frequency. The author explicitly…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5kPzCQYhyY
Song Science: Build Your Own Vinyl Record Player  [ Report ]
  
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In this investigation adaptable for Grades 6-12, students build and test their own inexpensive vinyl record players to explore three concepts: 1) The relationship of sound loudness…
https://www.compadre.org/precollege/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14556&DocI...
Voice Science: Using Digital Tools to Explore Pitch and Amplitude  [ Report ]
  
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This interactive AAPT Lesson blends a cell phone oscilloscope app with a digital wave graphing activity from the Concord Consortium to explore how human voice patterns can be…
https://www.compadre.org/precollege/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14684&DocI...
Mass - Comparing Masses Without Use of Gravity 
  
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This web page gives instructions for performing mass measurements in the same method used by astronauts on the Skylab space station. Using a hacksaw blade, clamps, bolts, and a…
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Smass.htm
Acoustics and Vibration Animations 
  
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This award-winning website offers animation-based tutorials on concepts relating to wave phenomena, sound waves, simple and coupled oscillators, harmonic motion, resonance,…
https://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/demos.html
The Soda Bottle Speaker 
  
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This web site supplies instructions for constructing a simple "Soda Bottle Speaker." A parts list and information about the materials user are included, as well as two experiments to…
http://physics.mercer.edu/marone/soda/sbsintro.htm
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,…
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/sound/Lesson-2/Pitch-and-Frequenc...
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