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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,…
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/sound/Lesson-2/Pitch-and-Frequenc...
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…
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/sound/Lesson-2/Intensity-and-the-...
Computer Animations of Physical Processes 
  
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This website features an extensive collection of animations of physical processes, demonstrating various concepts in waves, optics, mechanics, electricity, and thermodynamics. One…
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http://physics-animations.com/Physics/English/index.htm
Sound: An Interactive Book 
  
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This is an interactive, on-line eText on the physics of sound. It is designed as an introductory course text and requires no previous physics exposure. It has been use for a…
https://www.compadre.org/books/SoundBook
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…
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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
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