Demo Kit in a Box
| Index | Electrostatics Box | Electrodynamics Box | Mechanics Box | Sound/Waves Box | Optics Box |
| PIRA 200 = Oscillations and Waves PIRA Bibliography = Oscillations and Waves |
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Topic |
Concept |
Activity |
Links and Resources |
| Visualization | Longitudinal & Transverse | Slinky Waves Animation: Davidson |
Source: ArborSci |
| Wave Spring | Source: Teacher Source | ||
| Wave Machine (torsion rods) | Directions: Build Wave Machine, Vertical Wave Generator | ||
| Rope | |||
| Vibration | 2D Membrane | Cup Drum (cup and balloon) |
Directions: Paper Cup Instruments, Cup Drum |
| Tuning Forks | Sources: School Specialty |
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| Talkie Tapes | Sources: Teacher Source, ArborSci |
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| Chicken Cluckers | Directions: Homeschool 101 , Science Bob |
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| Conduit Bells (secret bells or humming hangers |
Directions: Exploratorium , Questcon |
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| Propagation Speed | Speed of Sound | Dominoes Demo: Animation | |
| Whip |
Source: ArborSci |
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| Music | Music Box | Source: Etsy, Amazon |
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| Palm Pipes |
Directions: Dropbox Resources |
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| Nail that Tune |
Directions: Nail size = tone, conveyer belt = tune (frequency) |
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| Tritone Example: UCSD |
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| Pull Tube | |||
| Bloogle | |||
| Amplification | Lens | Ballon Lens | |
| Stadium Horn | |||
| Electrolarynx | |||
| Paper speaker | |||
| Sound Detection | Play-Doh around pinna of ear. Video: SmarterEveryDay | ||
| Hearing | Inner Ear Video SixesFullofNines | ||
| Hearing | dB Scale |
Charts: Dangerous Decibels, ResearchGate |
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| Hearing Range | Tests: Online Tone, Audio check, Noise Addicts | ||
| Simple Harmonic Oscillator (SHO) | Circular vs Linear Motion | Shadow Projection | Animations: Flipping Physics, UNSW, Harvard, U Guelph |
| Linear | Pendulum (mass on a string) |
Animations: PhET, My Physics Lab, Penn State | |
| Linear | Mass on a Spring | Animations: PhET, GeoGebra, Physics Chemistry Interactives, Physics Classroom | |
| Resonance | Standing Waves | Straw Flute Use : Univ of Iowa |
Construction: Physics from the Junk Drawer (NCSU) - straw flute is on page 44, Instructables, Fizzics Education, Sublime Science, MTHS Science |
| Tuning Forks | |||
| Tubes "Boom-a-Whackers" | |||
| Singing Rods | |||
| Bottle (blow or tap) Mugs (tap) |
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| Electromagnetic Standing Waves | Microwaves: | ||
| Doppler Effect | Doppler Ball | Source: Buzzer = DigiKey, Amazon |
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| Superposition of Waves | Beats | Audio (Two Tone Generator) Visual (Animation) |
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| Superposition | Moire Patterns Animations: Wolfram, Wikipedia, Flash, xmdemo, |
Program: iMoire (PC) Source: Amazon |
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| Interference | Interference Speakers: Tone Generator and Graphic |
Source: Adafruit, Parts Express , Amazon |
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| Diffraction | Wave Tanks: Falstad app, PhET |
Source: Olympia Sports, ArborSci, Amazon |
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| Spectrometer | CD Spectrometer: MIT | ||
| Fourier Transforms | Analyzer: Falstad app, PhET Audio: John Welch app, Phone app |
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| Using Sound to Help Show Other Phenomena | Kinematics | Groan Tube (free fall) | Source: Groan Tubes |
| 2D Motion | Horizontal Velocity | Directions: Drop 'n Kick |
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Remember: Don't Steal the Joy of Discovery |