Curated OER
Cornstarch Monsters
Using sound waves, Steve Spangler demonstrates the properties of a non-Newtonian fluid. When the fluid is placed on an amplifier, it changes into the most amazing shapes. Your class will love demonstrating this process in class.
Curated OER
The Doppler Effect
Now this is a very good demonstration of the Doppler Effect and how it works. A police car with its siren blazing is filmed as it travels closer and then farther away. The effect is explained through text and an illustration. Good video.
Steve Spangler Science
Screaming Balloon - Sick Science! #161
Spangler uses balloons and hex nuts to demonstrate centripetal force and how to make a balloon "scream." He places a nut inside a balloon before blowing it up. Then, once the balloon is tied, he begins to spin the balloon around. A force...
Curated OER
Water Whistle
Intrigue your learners with this film. They can create a water whistle using a straw and a glass of water. This could be used as an introduction to a unit on sound waves and vibrations.
Steve Spangler Science
Pop Bottle Sounds - Cool Science Fair Project
Set up a set of colorful liquid-filled bottles that produce sounds when tapped with a spoon. When teaching primary physicists about sound, they can experiment with pitch, comparing it the amount of liquid in the bottle. Which makes a...
Curated OER
Singing Pipes - Hardware Store Music
Here is an interesting demonstration which shows how heat can create sound in a metal pipe! The principle of heat rising is the key to making this particular demonstration a success. A piece of metal mesh is lodged inside each of the...
Steve Spangler Science
Cornstarch Monsters - Cool Science Experiment
Using sound waves, Steve Spangler demonstrates the properties of a non-Newtonian fluid. When the fluid is placed on an amplifier, it changes into the most amazing shapes. Your class will love demonstrating this process in class.
Steve Spangler Science
Cornstarch Monster - Sick Science! #055
Make a strangely-moving "monster" out of cornstarch and water. The mixture produces a colloid with properties of both a liquid and a solid. Place the material over a stereo speaker, turn up the music, and watch it dance! This is a fun...
Curated OER
4 Save, Export, and Delete in Audacity
Installment four of the nine-part series on using Audacity describes saving, exporting, and deleting podcasts you've made. If you read the excerpt under this video as it comes on you're screen you'll notice a web link. This takes you to...
Curated OER
Propagation of Sound
This short video explains the two types of waves involved in sound wave propagation. Very simplistic computer animations support the verbal explanation. You could embed this video into your high school physics PowerPoint or SmartBoard...
New York Science Teacher
Can You Hear the Change in Pitch?
This video concerning the Doppler effect lasts only about 10 seconds. It begins with the question, "Can you hear the change in pitch?" and records from one spot, the sound of a car coming closer, closer, closer, and then passing...
Curated OER
Sound Waves
This non-narrated video shows the effect sound waves have on a chlandni plate full of sand. Watch the sand morph into different patterns based on the frequency played. Ironically, this sound waves video has no sound! Have your physics...
Curated OER
Whirling Twirling Sound
Long, rippled, plastic tubes are swung around in circles, making air pass through them, and creating sound waves. This is a simple and inexpensive toy that you can let learners experiment with as they learn about sound and pitch. Go...
Steve Spangler Science
Buzzing Noise Maker - Sick Science! #044
Have your learners create noise makers using this video clip. Instructions are given for making a noisy toy with a craft stick, string, a rubber band, and double-sided sticky foam tape. This activity can kick off a discussion of sound...
Curated OER
MusicÕs True Form
The true form of music is explained in 45 seconds. Viewers will learn that it is enjoyed by people and is made up of sound waves. A short yet accurate description of music.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sound Waves Underwater: True or False
This interactive quiz from the NOVA Web site features an array of interesting facts about the nature of sound underwater.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Production of Sound
A video explaining how a speaker produces sound by transporting energy through the medium. [3:45]
NeurOreille
Journey Into the World of Hearing: What Do I Hear?
An interactive exploration into the world of sound waves and other properties of sound.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sound and Solids: Visualizing Vibrations
In this video segment, adapted from ZOOM, a tuning fork's vibrations are made visible as ripples in a bowl of water. [0:51]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Understanding Vibration and Pitch
This video segment presents a variety of sounds -- from animals to machines to musical instruments -- while introducing the basic concepts of vibration, volume, and pitch. [2:36]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sound Waves Underwater: The Loch Ness Monster
This video segment, adapted from NOVA follows a team of enthusiasts and scientists who attempt to find a trace of the Loch Ness monster by scouring the lake with sonar. [5:24]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sound and Solids: Listening Stick
This video segment, adapted from ZOOM, explores how sound waves travel differently through air than through solids like a yardstick, a baseball bat, and a golf club. [1:46]
OpenSciEd
Open Sci Ed: Unit 8.2 Sound Waves: Teacher Playlist
This teacher playlist demonstrates the Sound Waves unit investigations where the students investigate how sound travels.
OpenSciEd
Open Sci Ed: Unit 8.2 Sound Waves: Student Playlist
This student playlist demonstrates the Sound Waves unit investigations where the students investigate how sound travels.