CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Resonance and Sound Waves
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students investigate the conditions for resonance, and then solve problems with strings and pipes using the condition for resonance.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: The Human Ear
Informative article on the human ear. Describes the parts and function of the ear. Explains how the ear functions when listening to music.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Musical Instruments
Homepage for a hypertext about the different families of musical instruments. From this page, users can retrieve information on a the acoustics of a variety of specific instruments: stringed instruments, woodwind instruments, brass...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Echo vs. Reverberation
Learn the difference between an echo and a reverberation on this reference page. Page includes an animation to show the difference.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Physical Science: Forms and Changes of Energy
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses different forms of energy and how energy changes form.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Resonance in a Tube
Read the passage "Resonance in a Tube" and complete the five-question quiz to test your knowledge of sound.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Physics 240: Science and Engineering I
A collection of video lectures from a physics for science and engineering course taught at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The course discusses the concepts of mechanics, wave motion, sound, heat and thermodynamics in thirty-five...
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PBS
Pbs: The Music Instinct: Good Vibrations! [Pdf]
Using the program "The Music Instinct," available on the PBS website, students will explore the nature of sound vibrations over two class periods.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Doppler Effect
This hypertext physics course page illustrates and explains the Doppler effect. Users perform practice calculations for frequency shifts using the Doppler equation.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Musical Instruments
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How musical instruments make sounds, music and change pitch.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: How Does Color Affect Heating by Absorption of Light?
Light is an example of an electromagnetic wave. Electromagnetic waves can travel through the vacuum of interstellar space. They do not depend on an external medium-unlike a mechanical wave such as a sound wave which must travel through...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Rainbow Fire
Astronomers can determine the atomic composition of distant stars by measuring the spectrum of light emitted by the star. Sound cool? Well in this project you can do something similar by observing the color of flames when various...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Beats Lab
This lab is designed to help students visualize the formation of beats and the relationship between the number of beats per second and the beat frequency heard by the observer.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Wave on String Lab
This lab is designed to help students discover the connections between the linear density of a string and the tension in the string with the speed of the wave along the string. The program can be set with six identical strings or six...
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute: Music to Our Ears
Discover the connection between sound waves and hearing with this webpage tutorial. Be sure to click on the picture for detailed information.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: How Loud, How High?
What are ways to describe sound? Using the program downloaded called Sound Grapher and the microphone on the computer, students can investigate the frequency, wavelength, amplitude, and velocity of sound waves. Activity includes detailed...
Other
Byju's: Physics: Reflection of Waves
Explains what happens to a wave when it hits a fixed end or a free end.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Doppler Lab
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
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Resonance Tube Lab
This lab is designed to help students visualize the formation of standing waves in a wind instrument. Students will be able to view fundamental waves as well as some higher harmonics. They can work with a tube with two open ends or just...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Live Exploration
Take a special trip to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with GPB Education! This interactive virtual exploration offers students a behind-the-scenes experience as they learn about the science of sound and the preparation it takes to put on...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Standing Wave Patterns
Educational tutorial highlights standing wave patterns. Discover more about them and be sure to click on the animations for additional study.
Curated OER
Georgia State University: Interference of Sound
An exceptional entry for interference of sound and its causes. Well illustrated and good explanations; part of a large hyper-textbook on various physics concepts.
Curated OER
Georgia State University: Interference of Sound
An exceptional entry for interference of sound and its causes. Well illustrated and good explanations; part of a large hyper-textbook on various physics concepts.
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