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Zelscope: Oscilloscope and Spectrum Analyzer 
  
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This is a Windows application that converts a PC into a dual-trace oscilloscope, using the computer's sound card. It can digitize any input waveform (speech, music, electrical…
http://www.zelscope.com/
TryEngineering: Engineered Music 
  
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This is a lesson plan that engages students in engineering practices as they design, construct, and test a musical instrument that will repeat a pattern of three sounds. Students…
https://tryengineering.org/teacher/engineered-music/
Physlet Waves and Oscillations Illustrations Package  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The EjsS Wave Illustration Package contains JavaScript adaptations of Physlet Illustrations from Physlet Physics Chapter 17. Students need to interact with the Physlet, but the…
https://www.compadre.org/precollege/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13271&DocI...
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...
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
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...
Standing Waves, Medium Fixed At Both Ends 
  
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This simulation illustrates the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth harmonic oscillation of a string fixed at both ends on a musical instrument. Users are able to choose any…
http://zonalandeducation.com/mstm/physics/waves/standingWaves/standingWa...
The Physics of Music and Musical Instruments 
  
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This free pdf is a complete textbook that integrates the topics of waves, sound, music, and musical instruments. Designed for use in the high school classroom, it focuses on an…
http://kellerphysics.com/acoustics/Lapp.pdf
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
PhET Simulation: Fourier: Making Waves 
  
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In this interactive simulation students can learn how to make waves of all different shapes by adding up sines or cosines. They can create waves in space and time and measure their…
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/fourier
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