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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Measuring Vibrational Frequency With Light

For Students 9th - 10th
Strike a key on the piano, and you hear the string vibrating. Just about any object vibrates when it's knocked, but how much and how fast? This project helps you find out. You'll build a simple light-sensing circuit for measuring the...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Guitar Fundamentals: Wavelength, Frequency, & Speed

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a rockin' project for guitarists with an interest in the physics behind music. If you have ever wondered why the pitch of the note changes when you fret the string, this project will help you understand by applying basic...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How to Make a Piano Sing

For Students 9th - 10th
The renowned pianist Vladimir Horowitz once said, "The most important thing is to transform the piano from a percussive instrument into a singing instrument." In this lab, you will learn about sympathetic vibrations, a method used to...
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Human Genome Project: Unearthing Buckyballs

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides great information on buckyballs. Description of a process to identify and determine the size and type of fullerenes. Excellent movie on basic fullerene information. Pictures are also included for further information....
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Biomimicry: Echolocation in Robotics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use ultrasonic sensors and LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robots to emulate how bats use echolocation to detect obstacles. They measure the robot's reaction times as it senses objects at two distances and with different sensor threshold...
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PBS

Pbs Nova: Wild Wolves

For Students 9th - 10th
What's in a wolf's howl -- a calling card, a warning, or an invitation? Hear the call of the wild, find out how wolves are making a comeback, and discover the ancient connection between dogs and wolves in this feature exhibit.
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Beats Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to help students visualize the formation of beats and the relationship between the number of beats per second and the beat frequency heard by the observer.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Thermal Energy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews properties of thermal energy. Examples of Electrical energy, light waves, sound waves and conduction, convection and radiation are given.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Senses Hearing

For Teachers 5th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explains the path of a sound wave as it travels through the ear and is interpreted as sound in the brain.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Real Scientists: Audio Engineer

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover how an engineer uses ultrasound to focus and aim sound waves with the "Audio Spotlight" that he developed.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Distance to Destruction Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to help students visualize distance between two synchronized sources that will lead to constructive and destructive interference.
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Physics Central

American Physical Society: Physics Central: Discover Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
Link to nine major physics topics and dig deeper into the content. Find out about the work of scientists in each field and see example physical science experiments.
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Interactive
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Flash Animations for Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site boasts an extensive list of physics animations that cover topics such as electricity, magnetism, quantum mechanics, and relativity. Variables can be manipulated for each demonstration.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Echolocation in Action!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students will experience echolocation themselves. They actually try echolocation by wearing blindfolds while another student makes snapping noises in front of, behind, or to the side of them.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Doppler Effect

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses what the Doppler Effect is and how it occurs.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Ultrasound

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What ultrasound and echolocation are, and how sonar and ultrasonography are used.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Goals of Science

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduction to the goals of science.
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Other

The Basics of Reading Music

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an overview of how to read music. The basics of notation such as note and rest values, the names of lines and spaces of both treble and bass clefs, etc. are covered. Includes downloadable audio files.
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Bill Nye

Bill Nye: My, How Time Flies

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, Bill Nye explains how you can use a piece of string and a noisemaker to demonstrate the doppler effect.
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Interactive
South Carolina Educational Television

Know It All: Audio Engineer | Kids Work!

For Students 3rd - 5th
Students will play the role of the audio engineer who monitors and adjusts the audio levels for a production. This animated interactive job exploration experience familiarizes students with some of the skills involved in audio engineering.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Solar Space Telescopes Quiz

For Students 4th - 6th
Try this quiz about solar space telescopes.
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University of New South Wales (Australia)

University of New South Wales: School of Physics: Physclips: Interference

For Students 9th - 10th
Physiclips thoroughly presents the concept of interference with animations and film clips. Learn about linear superposition, beats, and consonance in this learning module.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Physics 240: Science and Engineering I

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a physics for science and engineering course taught at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The course discusses the concepts of mechanics, wave motion, sound, heat and thermodynamics in thirty-five...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Snacks

For Students 5th - 9th
Exploratorium's snacks aren't edible, but they are good! Use your science skills to discover gravity, learn about biology, do fun experiments.

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