PBS
Real-Life Math | Radiologist
How are radiologists like superheroes? Answer: They have X-ray vision and can do math. A short three-minute video and an associated lesson focus on how radiologists use math in their professional lives. It tasks learners with performing...
Veritasium
Slow-Mo Non-Newtonian Fluid on a Speaker
Cornstarch and water on a speaker have a pretty cool effect. Beyond the coolness is a scientific analysis of amplitude and frequency. A video examines the patterns in the mixture when exposed to different frequencies in a video lesson....
Physics Girl
I Built an Acoustic Levitator! Making Liquid Float on Air
Think of current acoustic levitator technology as a hover board for tiny things! Introduce young physicists to this emerging gadget using a video from an informative playlist touching on physics topics. Viewers watch as Physics Girl and...
Physics Girl
Can You Guess This Note? Perfect Pitch and Physics
Whether you are musically inclined or not, people with perfect pitch are fascinating! Is it a skill that anyone can learn? Young virtuosos explore the meaning of perfect pitch using a video from the Physics Girl playlist. Topics include...
Physics Girl
How I Broke a Wine Glass with My Voice (Using Science!)
You've seen talented singers break glass with a single high note ... is it as easy as it looks? Discover the physics behind the phenomenon with a video from the Physics Girl playlist. The resource covers sound wave terminology, tensile...
Crash Course
The Physics of Music: Crash Course Physics #19
What do waves and music have in common? It turns out they are one in the same! By applying important concepts from previous lessons in the Crash Course series, the 19th video explains the physics of music. The presenter breaks down the...
Crash Course
Sound: Crash Course Physics #18
What makes sound possible? Answer this question while viewing the 18th lesson of a complete Crash Course physics series. After discussing waves in previous lessons, the narrator applies those characteristics to sound waves and their...
MinutePhysics
Why It's Impossible to Tune a Piano
Explore the physics of tuning most musical instruments. The video instructor explains the pitches of string and wind instruments with an emphasis on the sound waves. After discussing the ratios between pitches, it compares harmonics and...
MinutePhysics
The Sound of Hydrogen
Hydrogen is odorless, colorless, and tasteless, but can we hear it? By taking the wavelengths of the atomic spectrum of radiation from hydrogen, the creator of the video shifts the waves into sound waves. Then, he shifts these waves into...
MinutePhysics
Tutorial: Creating the Sound of Hydrogen
How do you create the sound of hydrogen? An interesting video explains how to use mathematical formulas and sound software to translate the spectrum of light that comes from hydrogen into a sound. The resource walks through each...
SciShow
Sonoluminescence: When Sound Creates Light
The mantis shrimp's claws snap to produce a bubble that is as hot as the sun. How they manage to do that is the focus of a video on the cavitation caused by the shrimp and how the creature is able to create sonoluminescence....
Bozeman Science
Sound Waves
How does that sound look? Teach the characteristics of sound waves through a video lesson that shows an analysis of different frequencies and amplitude of sound waves. The instructor also represents the characteristics of the sound...
Bozeman Science
Waves
Calculating frequency is so easy it Hertz! The video begins by describing transverse and longitudinal waves, and then it explores their properties and applications. Finally, it applies this to the formulaic relationships between wave...
DoodleScience
Ultrasound
Here is a resource that explains how ultrasound works by using sound waves. It examines such applications as its use in the detection of kidney stones and in prenatal care. A practice problem is also included.
DoodleScience
The Big Bang Theory and Red-Shift
The universe is getting bigger and bigger! A video features an instructor explaining the Big Bang Theory and gives evidence to show the universe is still expanding. Discussion includes the doppler effect and the red-shift in the light...
DoodleScience
Refraction and Diffraction
Holding a conversation underwater has its challenges. Sound and light waves can travel in different mediums, but it affects their waves. The video explains the process of refraction and diffraction and how it relates to energy waves.
Be Smart
What's The Loudest Possible Sound?
If a tree falls in the forest and no person is around, does it still make a sound? Students view a short video segment to determine sound and decibel levels of various objects, including the loudest and quietest possible sounds humans...
TED-Ed
The Physics of Playing Guitar
Everyone knows that guitar music rocks - but why? And how? Learn about the ways a single pluck can create sounds that resonate from string, to ear, to soul with a fascinating video about the physics of sound vibration.
TED-Ed
Music and Math: The Genius of Beethoven
Math will resonate with your young artists and musicians when they learn that a mathematical formula describes a musical sound that is pleasing to our ears. Beethoven uses the certainty of mathematics to convey emotion and...
TED-Ed
How Brass Instruments Work
Transforming a deep breath into beautiful musical notes, brass instruments represent an interesting combination of scientific understanding and artistic creativity. Traveling from the mouth piece to the bell, this short...
TED-Ed
The Sonic Boom Problem
Sound waves travel pretty quickly, but humans can travel faster. Follow along with this short animated video as it investigates the physics behind the breaking of the sound barrier and the sonic booms that are...
Steve Spangler Science
Water Whistle - Sick Science! #052
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
Sound Hose - Whirly Tube
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...
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...