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Classroom Activity: Careers with Light and Sound
Students complete a jigsaw activity to learn about careers related to light and sound. See the lesson plans here. Includes printable and electronic versions of a student guide and an exit slip.
Suggested Classroom Use: Use the suggested discussion questions to encourage students to relate the careers to what they are learning about light and sound.
This site contains information about the sound degree at Michigan Tech. Includes a video that could be shown in class.
Suggested Classroom Use: Ask students to explore the Courses for Sound Design—BA. Ask them explain how the courses connect to what they are learning in this unit.
This video (1:43) features an interview with Sonya, who works creating visual effects in the film industry.
Suggested Classroom Use: Consider showing this video at the end of class. Students could create a wanted poster for this career using one of the available templates.
This video (5:55) describes all of the jobs related to a concert.
Suggested Classroom Use: This could be shown at the end of the unit after students fix the problems at the concert venue. Students could select one job to explore further using this template.
This "Science News Explores" article (readability score: 7) about the Doppler effect mentions several different careers that utilize this phenomenon.
Suggested classroom use: After reading the article, ask students to make a list of careers that utilize the Doppler effect and explain how it is used in those careers. Alternately, ask students to create a "one-pager" using this guide.
In this 50-minute lesson, middle school students act as scientists to investigate sound wave interactions with materials to answer this driving question: How can people protect their ears at Bristol Motor Speedway?
Suggested classroom use: Ask students to reflect on what careers might be involved in solving the noise problem at the speedway.
Discover music related jobs in this video (7:00) that go beyond being a musician.
Suggested classroom use: Ask students to choose one career featured in the video. Have each student research one career using this site and complete this Career Connections Video Student Reflection Guide.
Suggested Classroom Use: Show one of the videos below as a warm-up or when there are only a few minutes of class time left. Utilize one of the reflection forms below with students.
Use this Career Connections Video Student Reflection Guide to engage your students!
Use this LINK video reflection resource to help students focus.
Use this graphic organizer from education.com. Ask students to research any information that isn't provided in the video.
Teachers need to create a free account to access the organizer.
Neuroscientist | Curious About Careers
In this short video (2:00), Dr. Liz McCullagh discusses her career as a neuroscientist and explains her work with sound.
Watch this video (2:00) to learn how this engineer uses sound waves to "see" inside objects such as planes, submarines, and automobiles.
STEM Radio Host | Curious About Careers
In this short video (2:00), Chelsea Boodoo discusses her career conducting STEM interviews for radio and TV.
This video (2:22), from the Music Industry program at Minnesota State University, Mankato, is a short summary of different jobs related to the music industry.
Learn about sound engineering in this video (4:48). Robert Siciliano works for NBC Universal. Watch as he explains the differences between analog and digital sound and shows us the importance of sound in the video.
Watch this short video (2:07) to learn more about how spectroscopy uses light to analyze data and careers that use spectroscopy.
In this short video (2:52) meet a lens maker who uses his degree in physics to craft lenses to help people see better!
What does a sound engineer do? Learn more by watching this video (1:38).
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