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Lesson Plan
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Iris: Demonstrating Building Resonance Using the Simplified Boss Model

For Students 9th - 10th
Students demonstrate and describe the role of building resonance when assessing earthquake hazards for an urban region.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics: Waves Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This guide gives a detailed overview of mechanical waves and the characteristics of waves. Covers wave behavior, including types of interference, resonance, and the...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Resonance in a Tube

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the passage "Resonance in a Tube" and complete the five-question quiz to test your knowledge of sound.
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Lesson Plan
McREL International

Mc Rel: Whelmer #10 Learning Activity: Singing Rod

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
An easy to do activity that investigates the simple observable properties of sound waves. The activity is presented in lesson plan format that meets NSES standards.
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Website
Columbia University

Intensive Organic Chemistry: Arenes and Aromaticity

For Students 10th - 12th
Lecture notes from Chapter on Arenes & Aromaticity. Can be downloaded using Adobe Acrobat.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Physics Iii: Vibrations and Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a physics course focusing on vibration and waves taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The course overviews topics dealing with mechanical vibration and waves with twenty-three lectures....
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eBook
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Resonance: Audio Book

For Students 9th - 10th
This audio book, narrated by author Mark Bishop, describes how to draw resonance structures. Contains a few examples to help understand the steps. Also find links to tutorials and animations about other chemistry topics.
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Handout
University of California

Ucla: Drawing Lewis Structures

For Students 9th - 10th
A step-by-step explanation on how to draw Lewis structures. An example problem is worked through to accompany the steps. There is also a list of the exceptions and a short explanation of resonance.
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Primary
PBS

Pbs: Resonance in Strings

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this interactive site to compare how resonance affects both an every day string and the tiny string of the superstring theory. PBS helps demonstrate how resonant patterns are present in both music and everyday life.
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Website
Other

Silcom: Room Acoustics

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed discussion on the effect of reflection and absorption of sound waves by walls upon the audio quality of a room. Methods for inspecting the quality of a room are given and discussed.
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Other

Fear of Physics: Sound

For Students 9th - 10th
Great animations showing how sound is produced.
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Activity
Other

The Pendulum Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
Virtual laboratory provides five hands-on experiments at rigid pendula.
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Unit Plan
Learn AP Physics

Learn Ap Physics: Physics B: Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
A site dedicated to help students prepare for the AP Physics B test. This specific site reviews waves including traveling waves, standing waves, resonance, speed of electromagnetic waves, Doppler shift, Doppler effect, interference,...
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Handout
Other

Architectural Acoustics and Lighting: Room Acoustics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Architectural Acoustics and Lighting provides a discussion of various factors affecting the acoustics of a given room. Room dimensions, the wavelength of the sound wave, the physical characteristics of the walls, the...
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Handout
Other

Bob's Byway: Glossary of Poetic Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
Calling itself "unique," Bob's is easy to use, with cross-links throughout, phonetic pronunciation guides when necessary, and many examples and quotations. Click on the letter and scroll for the word.
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Activity
Michigan Reach Out

Michigan Reach Out!: Making a Shoe Box Guitar

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site provides an experiment where students create a guitar to discover what variables will change sound.
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Activity
Hunkins Experiments

Hunkin's Experiments

For Students 9th - 10th
Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do and use...
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Activity
Hunkins Experiments

Hunkin's Experiments: Sound Experiments

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This group of...
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Other

Chem Fiesta L Resonance Structures Practice [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
For practice drawing resonance structures, visit this page. It contains four practice problems along with the answers.
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Handout
Other

Institute for Telecommunication Sciences: Resonance

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a straightforward definition of resonance in an electrical circuit.
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Website
Other

Mostly Music: Music Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of a variety of physics topics related to music and sound. Topics include vibrations, sound waves, frequency and pitch, resonance and overtones.