Grade Range: 6-12Resource Type(s): Interactives & MediaDuration: 4 MinutesDate Posted: 3/23/2012
Meet Steven Turner, curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, as he discusses the Smithsonian's scientific instrument collection. This video focuses on the history of acoustics during the 18th and 19th centuries, including demonstrations of wave models, tuning forks, sirens, resonators, and the Chladni plate. This is the first video in a series of five.
Demonstrations, Museum education
This is a set of eight "dropping sticks" used to teach acoustics. It was made in Paris by the fam...
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