Demonstrations and experiments: The life-blood of acoustics education
Uwe J. Hansen · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2006
You hear: You forget; You see: You remember; You do: You understand. Acoustics represents a science discipline with very broad appeal. It is essential, both for the well being of the field, as well as the influence of science at large, to generate enthusiasm for science in general and acoustics in particular in our young people. Thus educational outreach is vital. The effectiveness of that outreach is closely related to the direct involvement of the students. A number of examples of demonstrations and hands-on experiments will be shown. They include acoustic levitation, mode studies, Dan Russell’s web site, and video animations of modal analysis studies in several musical instruments.