Grade Range: 6-12Resource Type(s): Interactives & MediaDuration: 2 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 plate developed by the 18th century scientist Chladni whose instruments create visual representations of wave patterns. This is the fourth 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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