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This activity ranges from 45-90 minutes.
This activity ranges from 45-90 minutes.
Students will engage in a sequence of activities in a virtual learning environment that focuses on sound waves and music.
Students will engage in a sequence of activities in a virtual learning environment that focuses on sound waves and music.
For a brief (1 min) introduction, please watch this video.
For a brief (1 min) introduction, please watch this video.
STEP 1
STEP 1
Pre Assessment - 4 questions
Pre Assessment - 4 questions
Please complete before moving forward.
Please complete before moving forward.
STEP 2
STEP 2
Answer by yourself or with a group
Answer by yourself or with a group
How do musicians define sound?
How do musicians define sound?
How is sound made?
How is sound made?
Why do different types of musical instruments sound different?
Why do different types of musical instruments sound different?
STEP 3
STEP 3
Exploring how music and STEM are related
Exploring how music and STEM are related
The Science of Music
The Science of Music
Have you heard of sound waves, frequency, or pitch? Do you know how many instrumental groups there are? In this 11 minute video, you will learn the answers to these questions and much more!
String
String
Percussion
Percussion
Brass
Brass
Wind
Wind
Quick Vocab Checklist:
Quick Vocab Checklist:
STEM: This stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
STEM: This stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
Sound Waves: Colliding air particles created by vibrations.
Sound Waves: Colliding air particles created by vibrations.
Frequency: Measures how fast or slow a sound wave is moving.
Frequency: Measures how fast or slow a sound wave is moving.
Pitch: Determines how high or low a frequency sounds to a listener.
Pitch: Determines how high or low a frequency sounds to a listener.
Geometry: Field of math that studies the properties of shapes and space.
Geometry: Field of math that studies the properties of shapes and space.
STEP 4
STEP 4
Exploring Chrome Music Lab
Exploring Chrome Music Lab
Please watch the 5 min video on the left before the one on the right!
Please watch the 5 min video on the left before the one on the right!
What do you notice, what do you wonder, what connections can you make between STEM and music?
What do you notice, what do you wonder, what connections can you make between STEM and music?
Making instruments is similar to science. It takes a lot of skill, craft, and precision. Similarly to engineering, which is a science that is based on creating and building, crafting instruments takes detailed precision, that requires mathematical measurements and a steady hand.
The picture on the right exemplifies ingenuity, creativity, and craftsmen-ship. These replications underscore the importance of the design process while developing a musical instrument. This is another example of how a steady hand and intense concentration is needed while crafting instruments. These qualities are useful for various STEM related fields and trades.
Music and art go together more often than we think. How many shapes do you recognize in this painting? Do they remind you of your math courses, specifically geometry? Cubism and geometric art utilise various forms of abstract techniques while incorporating shapes and other mathematical objects (like right angles, arcs, and parabolas).
STEP 5
STEP 5
Optional: Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Musical Makerspace
Optional: Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Musical Makerspace
Follow along to gain inspiration for your future instrument design.
Follow along to gain inspiration for your future instrument design.
Beginner
Beginner
Box Guitar, Clapper, & Shaker
Box Guitar, Clapper, & Shaker
3 minutes
Intermediate
Intermediate
Water and Glass Xylophone
Water and Glass Xylophone
1 minute
Advanced
Advanced
Soda Trumpet
Soda Trumpet
1 minute
Example of a Soda Trumpet
Example of a Soda Trumpet
STEP 6
STEP 6
Your Suggested Challenge
Your Suggested Challenge
Your school would like to have a school band but just found out that there is no funding available to purchase musical instruments. With this horrible news, it is up to you to create two musical instruments that the students can play in their band.
Instrument Design PDF.pdfDesign Requirements
1. The two instruments you design need to fall into two different categories: strings, percussion, brass, or wind.
2. One of the instruments you design needs to be able to play – or have the potential to play – at least two different pitches.
3. You will design and may build (optional) at least one instrument before designing and building the other. Create a materials list for what you would plan to use and an instruction manual with step by step instructions on how to build your instrument.
Don't forget to share your innovations with your classmates! You will create a Flipgrid video to describe your inventions and how you came up with their design. Your instructor will give you information on how to create and submit your video.
Don't forget to share your innovations with your classmates! You will create a Flipgrid video to describe your inventions and how you came up with their design. Your instructor will give you information on how to create and submit your video.
STEP 7
STEP 7
Post Assessment
Post Assessment
Additional Videos: Real-Life Application
Additional Videos: Real-Life Application
Mr. Rogers with the Music Group-Stomp!
Mr. Rogers with the Music Group-Stomp!
Stomp! is a percussion group that uses ordinary objects to create rhythm and music!
https://www.misterrogers.org/videos/stomp/?platform=hootsuite
The Recycled Orchestra of Cateura
The Recycled Orchestra of Cateura
"One man's trash, is another one's treasure." - Yotam Ottolenghi
Cateura is a landfill located in Paraguay. All of the instruments of this orchestra were made from materials recycled from the landfill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxUuKthY1dQ&feature=youtu.be
LabTV Videos
LabTV Videos
"Antennas are the eyes and ears of everything we do, transmitting radio waves to link our cell phones, TVs, and other electronics. These radio waves carry energy through the air between antennas -- sending information like images and voices. Every system operates on its own specific wavelength, so it needs an antenna designed to receive that wave. Engineers at an Air Force research lab in Dayton, Ohio, are designing, building, and testing antennas in many shapes and sizes -- to go on airplanes, inside radios, and even on huge towers. This work is a great example of engineering, says Rey Febo: "putting math and science into something that we will be able to use in our life."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYfSsQVqpjo
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