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Physics Classroom

Name That Harmonic: Open-End air Columns

For Students 9th - 12th
Ever wonder what really goes on inside a clarinet? Show your young scientists the physics of open-end air columns through an easy-to-use interactive. Learners examine the features of standing waves and calculate frequency and length in a...
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Physics Classroom

Name That Harmonic: Closed-End air Columns

For Students 9th - 12th
Physics is like music—practice makes perfect! Challenge your class using an interactive that builds harmonic skills. The engaging lesson from a playlist exploring sounds and waves revolves around wave behavior in closed-end air columns....
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Physics Classroom

Name That Harmonic: Strings

For Students 9th - 12th
Don't string your class along! Physics scholars discover the fascinating forces behind the music of stringed instruments using an interactive. From a series covering sounds and waves, the interactive asks users to identify nodes and...
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Beats Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Pan Flute

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A simulation to learn about wave harmonics in a column of air by looking closely at the sound produced by a pan flute.
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Brass Instruments

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the science of sound when performing with a brass instrument such as a trumpet or a trombone.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Wave on String Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
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...