CRD-2.E.4 Students will actively engage in a development process that is incremental by breaking down the problem into smaller pieces.
The objectives for this lesson is to have the students read a detailed project description and analyze the requirements need to successfully complete the project. In addition, students will be critically evaluating what they know how to do for the project and what they need to learn how to do. For the project itself, students will be identify a client (student organization, previous innovation topic users or approved topic of choice . The challenge consists of three main components: a short musical introduction for a student organization, school partner or other client that includes
using variables
using tempo and pitch to elicit the client's requested mood for the music
uploading sound(s) related to the client that include attribution comments for the uploaded sound(s).
For this ARC challenge, there is one sprint.
Student working individually will use the AGILE approach again to complete this challenge. Students will be given the specs for the project components and will be asked to analyze what they know how to do, what they need to learn how to do and where to find the skills/knowledge that they need. They will do this individually to complete an overall project requirements analysis. This will lead to the Sprint assignment. A reminder that students will often want to rush through the planning process. The planning process is an industry skill and is vitally important to a successful project. Students are also utilizing computational thinking skills and practices by designing a solution.
Unit 6 ARC Challenge Materials
*Note: There are items in the project descriptions that the students don't know yet. For example...How to use tempo and pitch to elicit a mood? How to upload sounds in EarSketch? Students may experience some nervousness when they see the project description or at the thought of working alone since they previously have worked in teams. Hopefully, by now they are accustomed to realizing that they will be supported in learning what they do not know and that this is part of a growth mindset.
Some teachers may want to print all the challenge documents and create binders for each team. Here is a link to all documents with a table of contents for this challenge.
Activity 6.5.1
This activity is an individual activity.
Explain that each individual will be coding a musical introduction for a client based on the mood that the client wants to elicit with the music. Give each student access to the Unit 6 ARC Challenge Materials and have them read the project description.
Give each student copies of the KNW chart.
Students should read the project description thoroughly and complete a KNW chart.
Activity 6.5.2 (budget 1 hour)
Bring the teams together and have them discuss the individual KNW charts.
Teams complete the Project Analysis Requirements for the entire ARC Challenge. They may not know all the steps for some of the items yet but that can be clarified throughout the unit.
Student teams complete their plan for Sprint #1
Teams work on the challenge in class. The teacher should be moving around, supporting each team when necessary.
The sprint will not be done until Section 6.9 after all content for the unit has been covered.