Bifocal Model: Exploring Pitch
Fall 2011

I worked on developing a bifocal model for the Transformative Learning Technologies Lab that explores the relationship between pitch, string length and frequency. With the resulting prototype, students manipulated a "sound box" to play a pitch. Using an online tuner, they record the frequency of that pitch. The NetLogo model is then used to have students discover the mathematical relationship between the frequency of the pitch and the string length.