Patti Schank

Sound Wave Demo with Tuning Forks and a Bowl of Water

Authors : Patti Schank

Demonstration of how tuning forks carry energy when vibrating and what happens when vibrating tuning forks are dipped in water.

Amazing Resonance Experiment!

Authors : Patti Schank

Shows how when placing sand on a vibrating surface, different sound frequencies cause the sand to arrange into distinct geometric shapes.

Vibration & Sound: Make Sprinkles Dance

Authors : Patti Schank

Shows how to make sprinkles “dance” using sound waves.

How to See Sound Science Experiment

Authors : Patti Schank

Shows how sound vibrations can make objects move, demonstrated by rice bouncing on a plastic-covered bowl when exposed to the sound of a metal pan being hit next to it.

Three ways to see sound

Authors : Patti Schank

Shows simple experiments that visualize sound vibrations: using a tuning fork in water to create splashes, placing rice on a vibrating surface to observe movement, and utilizing a balloon to feel sound vibrations.

This is what happens when you vibrate salt at high frequencies

Authors : Patti Schank

Shows simple experiments that visualize sound vibrations: using a tuning fork in water to create splashes, placing rice on a vibrating surface to observe movement, and utilizing a balloon to feel sound vibrations.

Use sound waves to levitate objects

Authors : Patti Schank

Shows acoustic levitation, a phenomenon where ultrasonic sound waves generate regions of high and low pressure in the air, allowing small objects to be suspended without physical contact.

Can I Make Salt Dance With My Voice?

Authors : Patti Schank

Shows how sound vibrations can make objects move, demonstrated by grains of salt moving on plastic wrap when exposed to someone’s voice.

Sound, Vibrations and Sound Waves

Authors : Patti Schank

Explains that sound is caused by vibrations.

How Vibrations Cause Sound Waves

Authors : Patti Schank

Explains that sound is caused by vibrations.

Sounds are caused when an object vibrates, but can sound cause another object to vibrate?

Authors : Patti Schank

Shows how sound vibrations can make objects move, demonstrated by rice bouncing on a plastic-covered bowl when exposed to the sound of a metal potbeing hit next to it.

Sound and vibration: do you hear what I hear?

Authors : Patti Schank

Animated video about vibration and sound waves, and how vibration is used when instruments make sounds.

How Vibrations Create Sound Waves and Help Us Hear

Authors : Patti Schank

Shows how pushing or pulling on objects can create vibrations that move the air, forming sound waves.

Can Sound Move Objects? – Cool Science Experiment

Authors : Patti Schank

Shows how sound vibrations can make objects move, demonstrated by rice bouncing on a plastic-covered bowl when exposed to sound from a speaker.

Young Plants Look Like Their Parents

Authors : Patti Schank

Shows examples of similarities and differences between plant parents and offspring.