This is another post in my series on math in the real world.
Vi Hart explains much of the mathematics behind noise in great detail, so watch her awesome video below. Thanks to @delta_dc for sharing it with me.
Notice her use of Audacity? I think we could quite easily turn this into a lesson plan… perhaps related to fractions, or to sine and cosine waves.
Mike Thayer says:
I’ve been playing with the idea of connecting math and music together into a unit. It’s a really rich field, and incorporates lots of different mathematical topics, not just those of sinusoidal functions. I gave talks at pre-calculus conferences held at Rutgers in 2010 and 2011 on this idea; if anyone out there is interested in receiving the two PowerPoint presentations from my talks, please e-mail me (michael DOT r DOT thayer AT gmail DOT com)!
August 29, 2011 — 10:04 am