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Booming Sands This video segment, adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, presents basic concepts of physics behind "booming" sand dunes. See how surface tension affects potential and kinetic energy and how it all works together to create sound. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Design Squad: Sound In this video segment adapted from Design Squad—a PBS TV series featuring high school contestants tackling engineering challenges—learn about the fundamentals of sound as student teams create percussive and stringed instruments for a local band. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Experimenting with a Glass Xylophone In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, the cast investigates how the pitch of sound changes when they strike a variety of glasses filled with different amounts and types of liquids. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
Extreme Sounds Join Tarissa and Sabrina as they measure and compare the volume of different sounds across New York City in this video from DragonflyTV. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
Feel the Beat In this video from Curious George, young children learn about pitch by playing a variety of drums. One hearing-impaired child experiences the different sounds through her hands instead of her ears. Accessibility features: Caption	K-2	Video
Glass Breaking with Sound In this video adapted from the Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations, learn how a glass beaker vibrates at a specific frequency and how resonance can force it to shatter. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Hana's Japanese Drums In this ZOOM video segment, join Hana as she learns traditional Japanese drumming with her Taiko group. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	K-8	Video
Kid Musician: Mexico's Guitar Town Visit with Andres during fiesta time at Paracho Michoacan, Mexico's "guitar town". As Andres shows in this video segment from ZOOM, guitar music goes beyond simple sound vibrations. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	K-5	Video
Pitch: Making Guitars Watch the rubber bands vibrate on homemade guitars in this video segment adapted from ZOOM as cast members talk about pitch and demonstrate how to make a cereal box instrument. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	K-5	Video
Pitch: Straw Kazoo This video segment, adapted from ZOOM, explores the different sounds that a simple drinking straw can produce when you cut the straw and blow into it. Accessibility features: Caption	K-5	Video
Pitch: Super Sounding Drums This video segment, adapted from ZOOM, explores sounds made by homemade drums of different sizes, shapes, and materials. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
Pitch: Water Trombone This video segment, adapted from ZOOM, demonstrates how to use a drinking straw and a bottle full of water to make low- and high-pitched sounds. Accessibility features: Caption	K-5	Video
Smart Bridges In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, learn about engineering innovations that could help detect a bridge's structural weaknesses before they become dangerous. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Sound and Solids: Listening Stick This video segment, adapted from ZOOM, explores how sound waves travel differently through air than through solids like a yardstick, a baseball bat, and a golf club. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	K-8	Video
Sound and Solids: Stereo Hangers This video segment, adapted from ZOOM, explores how sound waves travel differently through solids than through air, in this case, a metal clothes hanger. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	K-8	Video
Sound and Solids: Visualizing Vibrations In this video segment, adapted from ZOOM, a tuning fork's vibrations are made visible as ripples in a bowl of water. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	K-8	Video
Sound Waves Underwater: The Loch Ness Monster This video segment, adapted from NOVA follows a team of enthusiasts and scientists who attempt to find a trace of the Loch Ness monster by scouring the lake with sonar. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Understanding Vibration and Pitch This video segment presents a variety of sounds -- from animals to machines to musical instruments -- while introducing the basic concepts of vibration, volume, and pitch. Accessibility features: Caption	K-5	Video