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This awesome diffraction grating experiment puts high school students' applied math skills to the test by having them calculate the wavelength of laser light.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

Discover whether different amounts of water added into a wine glass will produce a different pitch when their fingers are rubbed along the rim.

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

Make stunning pendulum waves and learn the math behind the patterns generated with this cool and easy science project.

Find out whether matching resonant frequencies can cause objects to shatter.

Determine the relationship between the speed of a sound and the temperature of the air it passes through.

This science fair project examines how tsunamis travel by simulating a tsunami moving around an island. You will generate a pretend tsunami in a swimming pool.

This science fair project creates a visual model of whatâs happening to sound waves as a car approaches and then leaves.

Check out this fun science fair project idea to learn about seismic waves and how fast they travel during an earthquake.

Explore the wave-particle duality of light! Learn how light can behave as both a wave and a particle in this cool physics science fair project idea for kids.

How does the size of a vibrating surface affect the pitch of a drum? Learn about drum size and pitch with this easy science fair project idea.

In this cool science fair project, kids apply basic algebra to learn how to make a PVC pipe instrument while exploring concepts like frequency and resonance.

What is the Doppler Effect, or the Doppler Shift? The purpose of this science fair project is to determine how distance impacts the Doppler Effect.

The goal of this science fair project is to evaluate the effect of heat on sound wave frequency.