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Cymatics and Music: This Looks Fake But It’s All Real. And It’s Science!

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There are many ways to make sound visible, although this experiment forwarded by Bobby is a new one on me. Take some motor oil and pour it over a speaker cone that’s playing music. That’s just one of the things we see in this video featuring cymatics and music.

UPDATE: Since posting this, I’ve heard from several science teachers who use this video as teaching aids. Ian from Conestoga and Niagara College recommends we also look at this post.

 

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One thought on “Cymatics and Music: This Looks Fake But It’s All Real. And It’s Science!”

  • I use this video in all my audio classes to help students understand wavelength, harmonics, etc. Look up levitation with sound! They do some neat stuff with water floating within a sound wave.

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