6th - 8th Grade Module 5 Concept PT
Cycle 1
Students participate in a class discussion on what they have learned from the module and what design elements make an ideal concert experience.
Students watch a Pink Floyd music video and explain what science is behind the sound and light effects.
Students select a song and design a concert space that will optimize the sound and light experience for the audience.
Students select a song and design a concert space that will optimize the sound and light experience for the audience.
Students create a composite 11x17 paper model of their concert experience and complete a series of analysis questions.
Students create a composite 11x17 paper model of their concert experience and complete a series of analysis questions.
Students present the 11x17 paper models of their concert experience.
Students give peer feedback on presentations utilizing a scoring rubric and/or Post-it activity.
Students present the 11x17 paper models of their concert experience.
Students give peer feedback on presentations utilizing a scoring rubric and/or Post-it activity.
Students make final revisions of their concert designs based on peer feedback.
Students complete Module 5 Post-test.
Students invite faculty and staff to view student projects. Students describe what their concert would sound like.
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Students collaborate with the music program to provide an in house concert experience.
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Students use an online program to compose original music.
An enjoyable concert experience is affected by the choices audio and light engineers make when designing a show. The notes in a song, shape of a venue, and materials between the origin of a wave and a concert-goer determine the properties the soundwaves have as they hit the eardrum of the listener. Changing the color, intensity, and angle of lights also determines the properties of lightwaves when they hit the viewer’s eyes. Students will use knowledge of these variables to create a concert experience and explain the interactions of waves during the experience.