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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Doppler Effect in Living Tissue

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a passage about the doppler effect in living tissue and answer the follow-up questions.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: The Doppler Effect and Shock Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
This high school physics lesson focuses on the application of the Doppler effect to sound. Discusses what the Doppler effect is, offers examples of its occurrence, and explains what shock waves and sonic boom are.
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Doppler Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
This hypertext physics course page illustrates and explains the Doppler effect. Users perform practice calculations for frequency shifts using the Doppler equation.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: The Doppler Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit this page to see an animation demonstrating the Doppler Effect. How do sound waves and electromagnetic waves behave similarly with this effect?
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Other

Easyphysics: Chapter 9 Sound

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners investigate sound. Some topics examined are Doppler effect, interference of waves, and sound waves. The resource includes example problems with solutions and a chapter quiz.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Doppler Effect: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will describe how the doppler effect is created by moving sound waves. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Doppler Effect."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Doppler Effect: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will describe how the doppler effect is created by moving sound waves. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Doppler Effect."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Doppler Effect: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will describe how the doppler effect is created by moving sound waves. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Doppler Effect."
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University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Christian Doppler Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a complete biography of Christian Doppler (1803-1853 CE), founder of the Doppler principle of sound waves. Includes quotes from Doppler and those who knew him, as well as an outline of his scientific achievements.
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National Earth Science Teachers Association

Windows to the Universe: Christian Doppler

For Students 9th - 10th
A biographical sketch of Christian Doppler (1803-1853), the Austrian mathematician whose study on the dependence of pitch upon the relative speed of source and observer resulted in the Doppler effect.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Sound Pitch and Acoustics

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn more about the science and physics of sound. Pitch, acoustics, and the doppler effect. How the frequency of the sound wave affects the pitch we hear.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Physical Science: Waves and Sound

For Students 9th - 10th
In this module, students investigate the properties and behavior of different types of waves.
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Bill Nye

Bill Nye: My, How Time Flies

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, Bill Nye explains how you can use a piece of string and a noisemaker to demonstrate the doppler effect.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics: Waves Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This guide gives a detailed overview of mechanical waves and the characteristics of waves. Covers wave behavior, including types of interference, resonance, and the...
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Elements of Cinema: Diegetic and Non Diegetic Sound

For Students 9th - 10th
A blog entry that explains the difference between diegetic sound in film (sound with an obvious, often visible source) and non-diegetic sound (where the source is not present). Includes a quote from Herbert Zettl. There is also a short...
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Transverse and Longitudinal Wave Propagation in an Elastic Medium

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive information about how waves behave in an elastic medium. Covers different types of waves, their characteristics and behavior, the anatomy of the ear, the speed of sound in different media, the parts of a wave, and wave phenomena.
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Arab Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
While some of the pages on this site have yet to be filled, the pages that are complete are comprehensive. For example, pages on friction, heat, and the Doppler effect are illustrated and explain relevant formulas. A biography page...
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Bill Nye

Bill Nye: My How Time Flies

For Students K - 1st
Try this at-home science experiment to learn about the Doppler Effect.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Energy of Music

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to sound energy concepts and how engineers use sound energy. Through hands-on activities and demonstrations, students examine how we know sound exists by listening to and seeing sound waves. They learn to describe...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: The Behavior of Sound Waves

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces fifth grade students to what sound waves do when they encounter an object. Topics covered include diffraction, reflection, absorption, and the Doppler Effect. An assessment is...
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Doppler Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students investigate the changes to wavelength and frequency that occur when the source of the waves is in motion. This video describes the lab: https://youtu.be/eCceYPBR6f4
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Noise Pollution Clearinghouse

For Students 9th - 10th
THE Noise Pollution website. Large number of links covering a vast amount of information on all aspects of noise pollution.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Physics of Hearing: Summary

For Students 11th - 12th
This page provides a summary of the content of each section of Chapter 17: Physics of Hearing from the AP Physics online text.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Physics of Hearing: Problems and Exercises

For Students 11th - 12th
This is a list of 84 problems and exercises to solve based on the content of Chapter 17: Physics of Hearing from the AP Physics online text.