Science Project Create a Musical Instrument TIMELINE PAGE Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 9 10 11* 12 13* Teacher Demonstration and Sound Lab We’ll build a rainstick Introduction 16 17 18 19 20 Instruments that use air Instruments that use strings What is pitch and timbre What is volume (loudness, Sound Exploration power (brass & woodwind) or vibrating material intensity) We will spend the period with “experimenting” sound produced by everyday items 24 25 25 26* 27* Sound Research Sound Research Musical Instrument Planning HW: Gather your materials, Sound Unit Assessment Look for a design of an After finding and Session take a picture, and email it HW: Build instrument Create a diagram of the to me. instrument you can build. comparing designs, how Compare designs of would you improve upon instrument. it? same instrument from What materials do you different sources. have? What materials do you need? 30 31 1 2 3 No School Work on Paper Work on Paper Work on Poster Work on Poster HW: Build instrument HW: Build instrument HW: Build instrument HW: Build instrument HW: Build instrument 6* Final Exam Session HW: instrument Presentation/Demonstration of Instrument, poster and paper
Science Project Create a Musical Instrument TIMELINE PAGE Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 9 Teacher Demonstration and Introduction 10 Sound Lab 11* 12 We’ll build a rainstick 13* 16 Instruments that use air power (brass & woodwind) 17 Instruments that use strings or vibrating material 18 What is pitch and timbre 19 What is volume (loudness, intensity) 20 Sound Exploration We will spend the period “experimenting” with sound produced by everyday items 24 Sound Research Look for a design of an instrument you can build. Compare designs of same instrument from different sources. 25 Sound Research After finding and comparing designs, how would you improve upon it? What materials do you have? What materials do you need? 25 Musical Instrument Planning Session Create a diagram of the instrument. 26* HW: Gather your materials, take a picture, and email it to me. 27* Sound Unit Assessment HW: Build instrument 30 No School HW: Build instrument 31 Work on Paper HW: Build instrument 1 Work on Paper HW: Build instrument 2 Work on Poster HW: Build instrument 3 Work on Poster HW: Build instrument 6* HW: instrument Final Exam Session Presentation/Demonstration of Instrument, poster and paper
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