Physics and Birdsong: “Listening” with Graphs

• James de Winte ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Cambridge

     University of Cambridge

     Cambridge District, Reino Unido

     
• Localización: The Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, Vol. 57, Nº. 6, 2019, págs. 364-367
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • It is common for high school physics teachers to comment on the challenges they face in supporting students’ graph drawing skills, knowing their importance for the study of physics.1,2 This paper suggests a novel and alternative way to support students to develop their graph drawing skills as well as teach them about sound, frequency, and amplitude. Rather than equipment-heavy demonstrations using a microphone, loudspeaker, oscilloscope, and signal generator, I suggest approaching the topic through birdsong and spectrograms.