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Animation Highlight: Pendulum Waves
Demo Highlight: Laser and Double Slit
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Demo Highlight: The Ripple Tank and a Ripple Tank Simulator
Demo Highlight: The Shive Wave Machine with Prof. Peter Shawhan
Demonstration Highlight: Flame Tube
Demonstration Highlight: Fourier Analysis
Demonstration Highlight: Fourier Synthesizer
Demonstration Highlight: Guitar & Oscilloscope
Demonstration Highlight: Hookes Law and SHM
Demonstration Highlight: Pendula of Different Masses
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Demonstration Highlight: Simple Harmonic Motion Video
Demonstration Highlight: The Theremin
Highlight: Radio Waves and Faraday Cage
New Portable Ripple Tank
STEM News Tip: New Gravitational Waves Discoveries!
STEM News Tip: Physics Today Features Music & Acoustics for International Year of Sound
The Physics of Bats

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