Most physics teachers will have to demonstrate standing waves at some point in the school year and there are a number of standard demonstrations which can be done with school lab equipment. When teaching about them, I also show videos of standing waves I can’t recreate in the classroom and the one above is a lovely addition to my resources for this topic. This video also reminded me of a piece of art I saw at the Tate Modern several years ago – Kinetic Construction (Standing Wave) – which was the first time I saw a Physics demonstration presented as “art”.
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Not just the can that’s collapsing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjYB8hgkvOU
There’s so much wrong with this video, it had me fuming. Compare and contrast with Elin’s post on How Not to Present Science.