Review the key terms and skills for sound waves, including how to identify the nodes and antinodes for standing waves in tubes.

Discusses the physics of how sound travels. Includes a video of a volcanic eruption that demonstrates the speed of sound waves.

Overview of key terms and skills for waves, including how to identify longitudinal and transverse waves.

Introduce some activities that introduce students to the physics of sound. They will also learn how various instruments produce sound. Included are downloadable pdf worksheets and answer sheets to use.

Read about a math research project done by three college students which helps us see physics and math in music. Here's a great approach for integrating curriculum!

Review the characteristics of periodic transverse and longitudinal waves such as wavelength, crest, trough, amplitude, expansion, and compression.

Review the key terms and skills related to wave interference, including how to predict wave interference patterns.

Review key terms and skills related to standing waves including how to find standing wave harmonics.

Here is described a simple process to 'put a voice on a sunbeam' and transmit it over a distance. It is a fascinating example of amplitude modulation of light using sound vibrations. It then describes how the modulated light is detected...

Discover the acoustical properties of brass instruments from this well researched site provided by the University of New South Wales. Everything from lip control to bell shape is discussed as it applies to frequencies and harmonics.

Review key terms and skills for the Doppler effect, including how to interpret wavefront diagrams.

Read about the life and work of this Austrian physicist and philosopher, known for his contributions to physics with the Mach number and the study of shock waves.