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Name: Sound, Physics and Music
ID: col10261
Language: English (en)
Summary: For middle school and up, a short course that explains acoustics (the physics of sound waves) as it relates to music and musical instruments. Suggestions for presenting some of the concepts to younger students are included.
Collection Subtype: Course
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: acoustics, sound waves, frequency, wavelength, standing waves, amplitude
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0
Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Latest version: 1.1 (history)
First publication date: Sep 1, 2004 2:17 pm GMT-5
Last revision to collection: Jan 6, 2005 3:21 pm US/Central
Collection Structure XML: col10261_1.1_collection.xml
All collection files: col10261_1.1_complete.zip

Version History

Version: 1.1 Jan 6, 2005 3:21 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
New course, formerly the single module "Sound, Physics and Music".

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