I explained that when scientists predict what will happen, we call that a ‘hypothesis,’ and asked what they hypothesized would happen if I stretched the circle up/made him taller.
After we determined that the waves slowed down and the sound got lower. I clicked on the circle again, and this time, as I clicked, I dragged the mouse down (lowering the frequency value) and asked the kids to tell me what happened. Starting with the sine wave (the cute blue circle), I clicked on him quickly, and asked students what they saw (waves). All their hands shot up, and I exclaimed, “Great! You are all experts on waves!” I told them that today, we weren’t going to learn music, instead, we were going to use music to explore science. We also are located near the beach 🙂 I asked the kids if they had ever played in waves or made waves in the bathtub. We are really lucky to have a great wave pool down the street from our school, and most of the kids had recently gone there for swimming lesson field trips. You could also use an iPad and Apple TV but I found that any of these applications that required a microphone didn’t work on the iPad.
However, I know that not all music teachers share my enthusiasm for technology, so I thought I’d share the lesson I did using Chrome Music Labs to help inspire others to try using technology in their classes.įor this lesson, I used a MacBook Pro connected to a projector and external speaker. I am a HUGE fan of technology in the music class, and am always looking for new ways to incorporate tech into my lessons.
I found out about it one day last week before work, and knew I had to throw out my lesson plans and explore this with my kiddos. (If you haven’t already seen Chrome Music Labs, go there right now, play around a bit then come back and read the rest of this post!)įor Music In Our Schools Month, Google created this wonderful new site called Chrome Music Labs.
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