Instructional Video6:14
Curated Video

Exploring Vibrations and Waves

K - Higher Ed
This video breaks down the complex mechanics of sound and how sound travels. Students learn about vibration and sound waves, and even get to test their own instruments!
Instructional Video1:28
Curated Video

The Science of Sound: How Sound Waves Reach Your Brain

3rd - 12th
This video explains how sound waves travel through the air, solids, and liquids to reach our ears. It explores how vibrations create sound waves, which are collected by our ears and make our eardrums vibrate. Our brain recognizes these...
Instructional Video4:36
Bozeman Science

Mechanical and Electromagnetic Waves

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen compares and contrasts mechanical and electromagnetic waves. Both types of waves transfer energy through oscillations but mechanical waves requires a medium. Several examples of each type of wave are included.
Instructional Video0:53
Visual Learning Systems

Vibrations and Waves: Video Review

9th - 12th
This program explores the fascinating features of vibrations and waves. Vivid examples of these phenomenon help students understand how sounds are formed, how light travels, and how ocean waves move. Special attention is also given to...
Instructional Video4:46
Curated Video

GCSE Physics - Sound Waves and Hearing #73

9th - Higher Ed
This video covers: - How sound waves travel through materials - The idea that sound waves are longitudinal - How wavelength changes with speed - The structure of the human ear and how it works - How the range of human hearing changes...
Instructional Video5:16
Wonderscape

Exploring Characteristics of Sound Waves

K - 5th
Discover the characteristics of sound waves, including wavelength, frequency, and pitch. Learn about the Doppler effect and its impact on sound perception. Explore how acoustics influence building design and sound control. Sound part 3
Instructional Video4:19
FuseSchool

Sound Waves In Action

6th - Higher Ed
Sound Waves In Action | Waves | Physics | FuseSchool Did you know that birdsong is a disturbance? In this video we will look at how sound waves travel and see them in action: how a Ruben’s tube shows sound waves and how the human ear...
Instructional Video0:56
Visual Learning Systems

Vibrations and Waves: Vibrations and Sound

3rd - 8th
This program explores the fascinating features of vibrations and waves. Vivid examples of these phenomenon help students understand how sounds are formed, how light travels, and how ocean waves move. Special attention is also given to...
Instructional Video0:50
Visual Learning Systems

Vibrations and Waves: Introduction

9th - 12th
This program explores the fascinating features of vibrations and waves. Vivid examples of these phenomenon help students understand how sounds are formed, how light travels, and how ocean waves move. Special attention is also given to...
Instructional Video5:25
Curated Video

Pitch and Loudness: Investigating Sound Waves on an Oscilloscope

9th - Higher Ed
This video explains how sound waves can be displayed on an oscilloscope and how the amplitude and frequency of the waveform relate to the loudness and pitch of the sound. The video uses examples of different sound waves and the...
Instructional Video1:41
Visual Learning Systems

Vibrations and Waves: Waves in Action

9th - 12th
This program explores the fascinating features of vibrations and waves. Vivid examples of these phenomenon help students understand how sounds are formed, how light travels, and how ocean waves move. Special attention is also given to...
Instructional Video1:40
DoodleScience

Transverse and Longitudinal Waves _ GCSE Physics

12th - Higher Ed
Waves are vibrations that transfer energy from place to place without matter being transferred. Think of a Mexican wave in a football crowd: the wave moves around the stadium, while each spectator stays in their seat only moving up then...
Instructional Video2:48
Curated Video

Catching a Sound Wave

3rd - Higher Ed
The video “Catching a Sound Wave'' gives a general overview of how sound waves travel, with a focus on the phenomenon of echoes and how they are used in nature and science.
Instructional Video3:28
Wonderscape

Exploring Sound: Understanding its Nature and Transmission

K - 5th
Dive into the world of sound and learn about its properties, production, and transmission. Discover how vibrations create sound waves and how they travel through different mediums. Sound part 1
Instructional Video1:45
Visual Learning Systems

Sound: Interactions of Sound Waves

3rd - 8th
When you hear the roar of traffic, the bark of a dog, or your teacher's voice, you are experiencing sound. This program uses colorful animations to explore important characteristics of sound, including intensity, loudness, pitch, and...
Instructional Video2:56
FuseSchool

Transverse & Longitudinal Waves

6th - Higher Ed
Waves transfer energy from one place to another. You should already know how to describe them in terms of frequency, wavelength and amplitude In this video we’re going to look at the two ways they can be classified. Waves are produced as...
Instructional Video13:00
Curated Video

If a Tree Falls with No One Around, Does It Make a Sound? A Physics Perspective

12th - Higher Ed
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Philosopher George Berkeley asked this famous question in 1710, and people are still debating it. Where is the forest located. How is sound defined? What...
Instructional Video3:40
Curated Video

Can You Hear Sound in Space?

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Space is full of radio waves, plasma waves, magnetic waves, gravitational waves, and shock waves, all of which can travel in space without a medium. These waves are recorded by instruments that can sense these waves, and the data is...
Instructional Video2:46
Curated Video

Resonance: How Sound Changes Across Different Mediums

6th - 12th
Sounds can change as they move from one medium to another. Under the right circumstances the effect is surprising and extreme. Physics - Waves - Learning Points. Sound is a wave that is created by vibrating objects. Every object has a...
Instructional Video3:40
Science ABC

Can You Hear Sound in Space?

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Space is full of radio waves, plasma waves, magnetic waves, gravitational waves, and shock waves, all of which can travel in space without a medium. These waves are recorded by instruments that can sense these waves, and the data is...
Instructional Video2:22
Curated Video

How does sound travel?

Pre-K - 3rd
Sounds travel in waves. The world around us - Light and sound - Sound Learning Points Sounds are made by tiny movements called vibrations. Sound energy travels in waves. These vibrations travel out from the sound source in all...
Instructional Video1:44
Visual Learning Systems

Vibrations and Waves: Video Quiz

3rd - 8th
This program explores the fascinating features of vibrations and waves. Vivid examples of these phenomenon help students understand how sounds are formed, how light travels, and how ocean waves move. Special attention is also given to...
Instructional Video1:38
Visual Learning Systems

What Is Sound?: How Does Sound Travel?

3rd - 8th
Upon viewing the What is Sound video series, students will be able to do the following: Understand that sound is produced when matter vibrates. Explain that sound energy can travel through air, liquids, and solids, which are generally...
Instructional Video2:26
Visual Learning Systems

The Nature of Waves: Types of Waves

3rd - 8th
Upon viewing the The Nature of Waves video series, students will be able to do the following: Define waves as traveling disturbances that carry energy through matter or space. Explain that waves do not actually move matter. Instead,...