Khan Academy: Mechanical Waves and Sound: Introduction to Mechanical Waves

As an introduction to the skills required for and responsibilities of driving, pre-teens and teens engage in a series of activities, chart their response times, and analyze how variables effect these reaction times. Class...

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...

This video illustrates and explains how seismic waves function. These waves are broken down into two types: surface and body. Take a look into why waves help understand the structure of Earth. [8:38]

Explore how sound travels as waves with a straightforward lesson that explains the basics of waves in relation to sound. The presentation considers sound waves in both open and closed pipes and shows how to calculate wavelength and...

An introduction to the concept that energy cannot be created nor destroy, but can only change form. [9:18]

Explains how any type of wave can be refracted, and how this applies to seismic waves and to our understanding of the Earth's structure. [9:21]

Video lecture explores S-waves and P-waves. [8:38]

Light and electromagnetic radiation are introduced by Khan Academy. [9:37]

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] By watching video clips, doing interactives, and reading text, students discover how mechanical waves transfer energy and how the waves require a medium to propagate...

Students will understand and predict wave phenomena, and investigate the energy contained in waves. They will gain a deeper understanding of waves and wave interference that will enable characterization and engineering of matter from the...