Acoustics

Kia Ora & welcome to ACOUSTICS. In this short course we will be learning about how sound travels and how we can reflect, diffuse or absorb it to create a BALANCED room. There will be 3 sections of this short course - 1.) Practical theory, Research & Design 2.) Create a Prototype & mount 3.) Performance to test the balance of room.

*Note: the research & Design is worth 6 Achievement Standard Credits and the Prototype & Mounting is another 6 Achievement Standard credits. Below are the documents and evidence requirements. You will need to store all your documents, sketches, designs and research in your designated folder in your GOOGLE DRIVE.

Part 1: Research: Read the following and write down some key notes in a GOOGLE DOC and save it in your class folder. Make sure you add separate headings for each of the files below.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_(acoustics)

Here is a good website that explains 'sound diffusion'. Have you ever looked up when at a concert or in a large performance hall. You'll see different materials, objects and shapes that help to either absorb, diffuse or reflect the sound from its source.

What are your observations of this video? What do you see that is interesting?

Design, Research, Feedback & Summary - this document below is your main piece of evidence that you will be marked on. You can tag me or another students to give feedback comments. You can do this by using the '@' or '+' symbol before writing a name. This will send me an email with your comment.

Level 1 AS91046 (C6) - Develop a Conceptual Design for an Outcome.docx

This document is all you need to complete the DESIGN process. There are questions that will help guide you in the process. You will need drawing resources and a phone/camera to take photos of your designs and insert the into the document.

Any other photos or research can be inserted into your GOOGLE DRIVE folder, and will be marked accordingly. I will be marking, your RESEARCH, DESIGN & THOUGHT PROCESSES.

Here is the MARKING SCHEDULE - please make a copy in your folder so that you know what ill be marking. This will also give you a guide in terms of how much effort you will need to put in each area in order to gain EXCELLENCE.

AS91046 - Marking Shedule

Design & Prototype Assessment Schedule

Please make a copy of this file in your folder. This is your ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE and will show you the mahi you need to have completed. This will also give you an outline for your PROTOTYPE Standard where you will build your design to scale and install it for purpose.

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