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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.
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6-12 |
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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.
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3-12 |
Video |
Experimenting with a Glass XylophoneIn 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 |
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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.
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6-12 |
Video |
Hana's Japanese DrumsIn this ZOOM video segment, join Hana as she learns traditional Japanese drumming with her Taiko group. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
K-8 |
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Kid Musician: Mexico's Guitar TownVisit 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 GuitarsWatch 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 KazooThis 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 DrumsThis video segment, adapted from ZOOM, explores sounds made by homemade drums of different sizes, shapes, and materials. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-8 |
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Pitch: Water TromboneThis 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 BridgesIn 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 |
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Sound and Solids: Listening StickThis 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 |
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Sound and Solids: Stereo HangersThis 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 VibrationsIn 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 |
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Sound Waves Underwater: The Loch Ness MonsterThis 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 |
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