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 the human range of hearing, creating the unique effect and sound heard in the video.

Concepts

hydrogen, radiation, sound waves, light waves

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Discuss the definition of the word ethereal as used in the opening sentence
• Explain how pitch-shifting works and why it is important

Classroom Considerations

• Video doesn't align with a typical lesson or concept, though it does include interesting ideas that would be fun to explore

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Provides closed captioning in 14 languages for ELLs
• Shows a hydrogen discharge tube that translates the sounds 

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4