Exploring a Ruben’s Tube Through Sensemaking

Image shows a lit Ruben's Tube a device that uses flame to visualize sound. This is a silver tube held in a wooden cradle on the upper side of the tube a row of flames of varying heights make a wave pattern.
Phenomena: Ruben’s Tube

Students will use the Ruben’s tube as a grounding phenomena as they explore the intersection of science and music and the topic of natural gas.

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Lesson 1 of 7 / Time: 50-60mins

This lesson will use natural gas, like what is produced in a classroom biodigestor, to power a phenomena to either make a Ruben’s Tube where flames dance to the pulse of music.

 

Methane to Music

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