Bozeman Science
Sound Waves
Mr. Andersen explains how sound waves are created and perceived. A brief discussion of pitch and loudness are included. A generated sound of varying pitches is also included.
Bozeman Science
Mechanical and Electromagnetic Waves
In this video Paul Andersen compares and contrasts mechanical and electromagnetic waves. Both types of waves transfer energy through oscillations but mechanical waves requires a medium. Several examples of each type of wave are included.
Science ABC
Breaking The Sound Barrier: Can Pilots Hear Sonic Booms?
When a plane, or in fact anything, travels faster than the speed of sound (i.e., breaks the sound barrier), a loud boom is heard, commonly known as a sonic boom. You may have heard that particularly loud, sometimes even painful boom when...
Curated Video
Mechanical wave
A mechanical wave is one that is carried by vibrations in a physical medium, and which therefore requires a medium in which to propagate. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images...
Curated Video
What is Sound?
Sounds can vary greatly: extremely quiet or deafeningly loud, high and shrill to low and booming. Why are they so different? Physics - Waves - Learning Points. Sound is a vibration passed to and fro along particles forming a wave. It can...
Curated Video
Breaking The Sound Barrier: Can Pilots Hear Sonic Booms?
When a plane, or in fact anything, travels faster than the speed of sound (i.e., breaks the sound barrier), a loud boom is heard, commonly known as a sonic boom. You may have heard that particularly loud, sometimes even painful boom when...
Flipping Physics
AP Physics 1: Review of Mechanical Waves
Review of the Mechanical Waves topics covered in the AP Physics 1 curriculum.
Visual Learning Systems
Waves: Mediums
This video explores the characteristics of waves. It explains the speed of waves, how this value is calculated and the four basic interaction between waves. Other terminology includes: vibration, crest, trough, amplitude, wavelength,...
Flipping Physics
Understanding Longitudinal and Transverse Waves, Wavelength, and Period using Graphs
Four mechanical wave graphs are introduced and used to understand and demonstrate transverse waves, longitudinal waves, wavelength, and period.
Getty Images
Compression wave moving through a field of particles. This is how sound moves in air
Compression wave moving through a field of particles. This is how sound moves in air
Getty Images
Compression wave moving through a field of particles. This is how sound moves in air
Compression wave moving through a field of particles. This is how sound moves in air