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 instruments that showcase acoustics resonance, including tuning forks on resonator boxes, matching resonators, Helmholtz resonators, and a resonator on a brass cup. This is the fifth 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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