Science Snacks
Handmade Earbuds
Making funky earbuds for IPods. Forgot your IPod headphones? You need nothing but a coil of wire, a magnet, and a small plastic cup to make your own! Click on the picture for a larger size. 
Many thanks to Modesto Tamez for showing me his magic…
Wave upon Wave
Making waves and making waves disappear, using only paper and coffee stirs. An elegant paper model showing constructive and destructive interference, my first invention at the Exploratorium. DocFile
Discovery Voyage
Pictures of the Discovery Voyage Workshop.
We spent a half-day discovering the Estuary’s ecosystem aboard the research vessel, Robert G. Brownlee. Amazing!
Sound Bite
The latest experiment of “Physics and Music”: Bite on a music-box! Read more:
orgmusicboxsound.mp3
Room Acoustics
Playing a pure 200 Hz tone on two speakers created an unexpected sound scape in the Berkeley lecture room:
Signal and Noise Game
A new game on “Signal and Noise”: We made up sentences (a signal) and then randomly replaced letters (we added noise to the signal). Here are some examples, try to guess what the original sentence said:
Gon towee eogy looking
Eudolph soe red noae
(click on comments to see the answers)
Take it outside!
Just came home from the “Take it Outside” workshop with Bob Miller, Modesto, and Linda. The weather was perfect! Have a look at the pictures
Science of Baseball
The Teacher workshop Science of Baseball (02/24) was a lot of fun. Have a look at more pictures on Flickr:
Christmas Lights
There are new photos of “Physics and Music” on Flickr, the class I am co-teaching in Berkeley:
Photos of Harmonics. Photos by Andrew, Glory, and Steve
Flickr Photos
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