PBS LearningMedia has designed this detailed lesson plan to help students understand the role of vibrations in interpreting and experiencing sound. Assembled with elementary school students in mind, the lesson, which has...

This site was developed by the Phsics Department at Michigan Tech University. The focus of this site is on the physics of music and various instruments' physical properties. Visitors to the site can view amplitude,...

The University of Rhode Island's Office of Marine Programs website offers interested parties a primer on the science of sound in the sea. The main topics covered here are "Sound", "Sound Movement", "Sound Measurement",...

Exploring music, astronomy and cosmology, starting with the historical roots; the Pythagoreans in particular contributed profoundly to the development of Western Music by discovering two facts: first, that the sound...

This web page explains the physics of sonic shock waves. Text and animations describe and illustrate the wavefronts of sound from a moving point source for the cases of motion equal to, less than, and greater than the...