Hands-on Activity
Make a Hand Drum
This hands-on activity shows how to make a hand drum that creates percussion sounds. Materials Mini Glue Gun and Glue Stick Hole Punch Drawing Compass Thread or Yarn (Waxed thread wor…
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Edwin H. Armstrong, of Paris, France Method of Receiving High-Frequency Oscillations Patent # 1,342,885 Application filed Feb. 8, 1919 – Patented June 8, 1920
Radio Inquiry Unit While serving in the U.S. Army during World War I, Armstrong synthesized three ideas to create his superheterodyne circuit for selectively amplifying a very high fr…
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Edwin H. Armstrong, of Yonkers, NY Wireless Receiving System, Patent # 1,113,149. Application Filed Oct. 29, 1913 – Patented Oct. 6, 1914
Radio Inquiry Unit According to the E.H. Armstrong, wireless receiving system patent, “The present invention relates to improvements in the arrangement and connections o…
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Laboratory notebook, recording Edwin H. Armstrong’s discovery of superheterodyne reception
Radio Inquiry Unit From the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University Visit Source Download PDF …
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Inquiry Unit
Electronic Music
Chances are good that you and your friends don’t get your music in the same way that your parents did. Their generation was much more likely to hear a new song on the radio and go out to Sam Goody's…
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The Art of Noises
The Art of Noises - Futurist Manifesto “L'arte dei rumori (The art of noises) takes the form of a letter from artist and instrument builder Luigi Russolo to the musician Francesco Balilla Pratell…
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Discogs
This document includes a permanent record of vinyl recordings mentioned in the IEEE REACH Electronic Music Inquiry Unit made available via Discogs.com. Discogs does not require a login and provides…
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Hands-on Activity
Skyscrapers Hands-On Activity
Skyscrapers Inquiry Unit Download PDF Skyscrapers Hands-On Activity Prompt for the students: Using only the materials provided, teams of students will design and build a structure as tall as p…
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Refrigerator Railcars and Its Role in History
Refrigerated Rail Car Inquiry Unit
Explore an MDT refrigerator railcar at the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum and become aware of the importance of this technological innovation. Witness how the refrigerator railcar prov…
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Days of Despatch
Refrigerated Rail Car Inquiry Unit
Travel back in time to Despatch, NY, currently known as East Rochester, NY, and discover how the refrigerator railcar aided in the development and growth of an entire village. When Merchants Despat…
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