Dear Parents,

Our first graders are studying sound and all the ways that they can use their sense of hearing to understand the world.  As a culminating activity, the first grade students will plan and engineer their own instrument.  Mr. Whalen is very excited about this unit as you can imagine.  To help support the first grade teachers, I am embedding some videos in this post for them to use during their teaching.  Feel free to watch them on your own as well.

-Mr. Reed-Swale

What happens when you use sound and technology to make taking the stairs fun?  Watch to find out!

Can a road be musical?  With a little science and engineering, anything is possible.

The final commercial after Honda engineers designed the grooves for the “Musical Road”

*Please note, this is not an endorsement of Honda.  I’m sure they make great cars, I just love the science here.

 

Can a guitar be used as a percussion instrument and a stringed instrument at the same time?

Can you use your voice to add percussion to cello music?

Can glasses be tuned to make music?