Audio clips to use in introductory physics classrooms
Physics professors and teachers, if you would like a compilation CD, you may download zipped files for each of the three CDs I have so far created. The zipped files contain enough MP3 files to fill a CD. Just use Roxio or your favorite CD burner to create the CD; the files are numbered, so they should be ordered according to the contents file in each zipped directory.
These are samples of the audio files you’ll find on these CDs:
1)Smoot.mp3: From
Talk of the Nation. An interview with George Smoot, recipient of the 2006 Nobel
Prize. They talk about the bridge across
the
2) time.mp3: Description of the time standard.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6931507
3) Hookes_journal.mp3:
Interview about the discovery of Hooke’s journal from the Royal
Society. Discusses the scientific
revolution of the time and
4) Gravity_moon.mp3:
A story by Ira Flatow about the measurement of g with a mirror on the
moon. Supports
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4649458
5) shower_bernoulli.mp3: A discussion of why the shower curtain comes in during your shower.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6430581
6) utility_pole.mp3: (All Things Considered) A description of what is on a utility pole. Discussion of electrical lines, transformers, phone lines, etc.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6735420
7) Archimede’s Mirror: A report about students who tried to recreate the story about Archimede’s attempt to destroy the Roman fleet with a converging mirror.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4964987
8) Templeton_townes.mp3: Interview with Charles Townes about his receipt of the Templeton Prize, for merging of science and religion.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4529310
9) Npr_story_nobel_06.mp3: NPR snippet about the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics. Brief description of Big Bang and COBE.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6189865
10) Supernova.mp3: Weekend Edition story about the brightest supernova ever observed. Seen by ROTSE at UT.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10150784
11) Fair_use.mp3: NPR story about the Fair Use Act.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10040628
12) James_webb.mp3: Model of JWST on tour of nation. Talks about IR telescope technology and goals of JWST
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10116416
13)planet.mp3: Discovery of Earth-like planet in Libra
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9796321
14) science.mp3: A book review about a book on scientific literacy (8 minutes)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10015616
15) calorimetry.mp3: How many calories in fruit cake?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6700905
16) Emilie.mp3: story about Emilie du Chatelet and her love affair with Voltaire (7min)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6542620
17) Emilie_short.mp3: a clip from Emilie.mp3 about her duel with someone (1:30)
18) bball_launch_angle.mp3: What is the best launch angle to get in the hoop?
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9243416
19) bball_heat_friction.mp3: What happens to the basketball as the game goes on? Rise in temperature. Increased coefficient of friction.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9243416
20) mythbusters.mp3: Can yodeling cause an avalanche? Can a singer break a wine glass?(8:20)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10255528
21) sand.mp3: Lots of great discussion: energy, velocity, normal force, phases of matter…sand.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10279172
22) Mentos.mp3: A description of why Mentos in soda explodes. Discussion of the chemistry. CO2 collects on the surface of the mentos
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5341058
23) wintergreen.mp3: Susan Stanberg and the wintergreen lifesavers. They emit sparks when you chew. Piezo-electric effect when you break sugar crystals.
http://www.npr.org/about/specials/sstamberg/wintergreen.html
24) snopes.mp3: A clip about debunking urban myths. (4:06)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4819108