Title: Sound Physics

This course on sound is designed to give learners an online interactive experience learning about the physics and mathematics of sound.  The unit is certainly not exhaustive of the topic but is a start for students to learn by creating and recording with software such as Audacity and Visual Analyzer.  My hope is that as time allows for myself and others and as the long tail of the internet reaches far that this can serve as a collaborative seed to a great moodle unit on learning the physics and mathematics of sound.  The next block could include an experiment on open and closed pipes.  Create and Share.

Role: Student — Students generally have fewer privileges within a course.

Section 1
  Check out these links for great examples which sho...
  Blue Man Group
  Sound Waves in the Persius Cluster Tibetian Thro...
  This unit on the physics of sound will introduce...
Section 2
  1st Step: Downloading Audacity
  How to Download Audacity
  Intro to using Audacity
  2nd step: Learning to Generate and Add Sound Waves Together
  3rd Step: Learning about Constructive Interference
  4th Step: Learning about Destructive Interference
  5th Step: Learning about Beats
  Assignment 1: Your own Creation
Section 3
  1st Step: Learning About Waves
  Assignment 2: Wave Review
  Weblink: Learning About Waves
  Wave Review Questions with Answers
  2nd Step: Learning about Sound Waves and Music
  Weblink: Learning About Sound Waves
  Sound and Music Review with Answers
  Assignment 3: Sound Review
  3rd Step: Important for learning about how to do your final project! Video on Using Visual Analyzer and Audacity to Explore Sound
  If you choose to you may use Visual Analyzer for y...
  How to use Visual Analyzer
Section 4
  1st Step: Visualizing a Sound Wave
  2nd Step: Using Math to Represent a Sound Wave
  3rd Step: Spend some time learning at these great websites on Sine Waves and Sound Waves
  Assignment 4: Modeling Sound with Sine Waves
Section 5
  Final Project
Section 6
  Alignment to Minnesota State Science Standards
  Alignment to ISTE Standards
Section 7
Section 8
  Grapher window x;2x
  Adding sine waves in grapher
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Section 19