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Adventures in Natural Frequency

This educational guide by Dan Bruton and Walter Trikosko introduces students to natural frequency, demonstrating its connection to objects like nails, bells, and musical instruments. Through engaging activities like Gravity Chimes and Boom Whackers, learners explore concepts of frequency, pitch, and wavelength. The book also delves into intriguing examples such as the Tree Hole Frog of Borneo, making science engaging and interactive.

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Adventures in Natural Frequency

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  1. Adventures in Natural Frequency Gravity Chimes and Boom Whackers By Dan Bruton and Walter Trikosko

  2. What can students learn from these? • Natural Frequency • Depends on size and elastic properties of the object • Concept Connections • Frequency, pitch, wavelength By Dan Bruton and Walter Trikosko

  3. Demos and ExamplesNatural Frequency • Nails • Bells • Tuning Forks • Swing • Pendulum • Musical Instruments • Cephied Variable Stars • Singing Rod • Music Tree • Wine Glass • Organ Pipe • Open and Closed • Frog and Cricket By Dan Bruton and Walter Trikosko

  4. TREE HOLE FROG ofBORNEOhttp://www.biol.lu.se/zooekologi/epb/people-en/bl-en/bl-meta-en/bl-meta-en.htm By Dan Bruton and Walter Trikosko

  5. By Dan Bruton and Walter Trikosko

  6. By Dan Bruton and Walter Trikosko

  7. Boom WhackersConstruction • Locate color paper and label each with a note • Obtain a long and short fluorescent lamp guard • Cut each to the lengths provided • in the table B A C G D F E By Dan Bruton and Walter Trikosko

  8. THREE TUNES By Dan Bruton and Walter Trikosko

  9. Notes with hats correspond to a tube with a cap on the end. By Dan Bruton and Walter Trikosko

  10. By Dan Bruton and Walter Trikosko

  11. By Dan Bruton and Walter Trikosko

  12. Gravity ChimesConstruction • Cut aluminum rods to the correct length • Paint each length a different color • Sort the rods according to the order provided • Method 1: Line rods up on the edge of a table and flip them off onto the floor. • Method 2: Hand out the rods to the students in your class and let them drop them in order. By Dan Bruton and Walter Trikosko

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