Workshop Outline: Sound and Music

      

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1. ELICIT: What Do We Know About Sound and Music?

 

2. EXPLORE: Exploring Sound Production by Making Musical Instruments.
A. Blowing
B. Plucking
C. Striking
D. Stroking

 

3. INQUIRE: What is Sound and How is it Produced?
A. Dropping Objects
B. Visible Vibrations
C. Swings and Things
D. Make Sense
E. Apply

 

4. INQUIRE: How Can I Change the Sound of a Material?
A. Making Two Things Sound the Same
B. Space Sounds
C. Relationship Between Mass and Frequency
D. Make Sense
E. Apply

 

5. INQUIRE: How Does Sound Travel?
A. The String Telephone
B. Comparing Media
C. Sounds Through Solids, Liquids, and Gases
D. Sound Through a Vacuum
E. How Fast Does Sound Travel
F. Make Sense

 

6. INQUIRE: Is There a Model to Explain Sound Phenomena?
A. The Slinky
B. Sound Waves
C. Observing Two Pendulum
D. Observing Interference
E. Make Sense
F. Apply: The Doppler Effect

 

7. INQUIRE: How Do We Hear Sounds?
A. The Pin Drop
B. Improving Your Hearing
C. Make Sense
D. Apply

 

8. REFLECT: Analyzing Musical Instruments

 

9. ASSESS: What Have We Learned About Sound and Music?

 

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