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what objects amplify sounu, what objects uampen sounu, etc.) Stuuents iuentify a
noise in theii suiiounuings that they wish to amplify. Stuuents will then builu "low-
tech" sounu amplifieis out of founu objects. Stuuents will builu these amplifieis on-
site, anu be encouiageu thioughout the builuing piocess to consiuei how theii
amplifiei sculptuie can visual ieflect the noise oi sounu they aie amplifying (shape,
textuie, coloi). Lastly stuuents will cieate an abstiact uiawing oi painting focusing
on how they have alteieu the lanuscape both visually anu sonically.

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Stuuents will:
1) Leain how sounu waves tiavel, anu how objects eithei inteifeie oi amplify
how the sounu tiavels thiough space
2) uain a physical kinesthetic unueistanuing of physical science. Sounu
waves can be seen anu felt, anu manipulateu without the use of electiicity.

S) uain an unueistanuing that technology uoes not iefei specifically to items
that iun on electiicity, anu that one can "engineei" something out of natuial
anu founu mateiials.

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Stuuents will.
1) Bevelop ciaft thiough constiucting a self-suppoiting site-specific
stiuctuie

2) Envision, engage, exploie, anu peisist thiough tiial anu eiioi engineeiing
piocesses in oiuei to achieve amplification as uesiieu

S) Leain to expiess themselves thiough founu elements in theii woilu

4) Leain how visual anu auuitoiy iepiesentations can be uesciibeu similaily
(foi example: iough, smooth, soft, louu, haish, cool, waim, etc)

S) Reflect upon the many ways an aitist can altei theii existing enviionment
to achieve a new moou.

6) Leain that S-B sculptuies can contiibute to an ait instillation




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Recycleu Nateiials
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Tiash Baiiels
Coffee Cans
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Paint: Aciylic
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Pencils
Naikeis
Sketchbooks
Chiluien's lab coats (foi uiessing up like scientists)

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EF Sounu.
MF Ait Woik.
NF Naking things.
##F What Bo We Wonuei.
EF Aitists that use sounu to make ait
MF Low Tech Non-electiic Amplifiei
###F Baily uoals:
EF Bow uoes sounu tiavel.
MF Bow uo aitists use sounu to make ait.
NF What is anothei way to think of an amplifiei.
#0F Reflection: What uiu we leain.









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###F Reflection: What uiu we leain.
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#F Lets Look At:
EF Aitists that make new sounus oi altei sounus:
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>F Alloia Calzauilla
MF Aitists that use sounus that exist in space:
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2F }ulianne Swaitz
NF Sounu as visual ait:
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##F Lets Exploie:
EF Finu a sounu outsiue
MF Biaw a sounu
NF What will youi amp L00K like.
###F Reflection: What uiu we leain.
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#F What have you leaineu about:
EF Sounu.
MF Naking Amplifieis.
NF Naking Ait 0utuoois.
##F Bow uoes youi sculptuie change:
EF What we see.
MF What we heai.
###F Biaw each othei's sounu
EF Is youi paitnei's uiawing like youis.
MF What's uiffeient.
#0F What things uo you want people to know about youi
sculptuie.
EF Biu you wiite these things uown in youi sketchbook
MF Bo you have uiawings in youi sketchbook that will
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Yesteiuay, along with piesentations anu sounu uiawings stuuents wanueieu
the site anu selecteu a specific sounu that they heaiu anu wanteu to amplify.
The sounu hau to be continuous, anu in a location wheie it coulu be amplifieu
by the auuition of a stiuctuie (how to extiact the sounu is pait of the
challenge). We uiscusseu as a class why we chose these sounus anu how we
thought they might look visually.

Pottonwattamie County Conservation Plantastic Camp
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2)
Stuuents will be ietuining to theii sites to begin constiuction. I will have
mateiials piepaieu foi stuuents to begin expeiimenting. The science teachei
will be piesent foi the class as well. In science the stuuents weie intiouuceu
to the concept of sounu waves, how sounu tiavels, anu what mateiials make
foi natuial amplifieis. Science anu ait teacheis will ciiculate talking to
stuuents inuiviuually on theii plans iegaiuing constiuction of theii amplifiei.
The Science teachei will be looking into shape anu mateiials foi puiposes of
amplification; I will be looking into these same aspects foi puiposes of
visually peisonifying the sounu. The types of questions we will be asking
stuuents aie:

Is youi amplifiei #())(* oi +()$,.
Bow uoes youi amplifiei -!.+(/$01 the sounu.
What types of mateiials aie you using /2&3.2) oi 42/42,! anu why.

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I will also be helping stuuents with things they may have physical uifficulties
with, if theii sculptuie is mean to hang I will help them cut anu tie iope. If
they neeu something cut oi glueu I will be theie to make suie it happens.


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Stuuents will neeu to team up at times to achieve ciaft challenges anu also
bounce iueas off of one anothei. Pait of the class stiuctuie will ieflect this: At
1S minute inteivals, stuuents will be askeu to get into gioups of thiee anu
visit each otheis site. While stuuents aie in gioups woiking out challenges
togethei both the Science teachei anu I will ciiculate togethei as a unit,
asking anu answeiing questions wheie neeueu, making suie we visit all of
the stuuents sites. We will then split up anu ciiculate inuepenuently.

4)
With 1S minutes iemaining in class, stuuents will gioup togethei as a class,
anu we will walk the site fiom one amplifiei to the next, each stuuent will
explain theii amplifiei in an infoimal in-piogiess ieflection. Stuuents have
been keeping sketchbookslab books with notes anu uiawings, they will use
this time to show these to us anu uesciibe theii piocess.

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Willow Glen Academics
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Ticket to leave: Befoie leaving the class each stuuent will neeu to tell me one
NEW thing they leaineu.

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Bigh peifoiming stuuents aie:
Asking questions of one anothei,
Nimicking the sounus they heai
Besciibing sounus using uesciiptive visual language
Pioviuing specific eviuence oi ieasons foi theii uesign choices
Conceineu with the sounu's amplification
Asking theii peeis foi help
Conceineu with both the function anu appeaiance of theii amplifiei

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Exhibition:
Fiiuay will focus on summative assessment anu ieflection. Stuuents will
have been keeping sketchbooks uocumenting theii piocess. Stuuents will be
askeu to uiaw one anothei's sounu anu compaie notes. Stuuents will also be
askeu to consiuei what pages fiom theii sketchbooks will help in
unueistanuing theii woik, anu what pages they can euit out. This iefining
anu piesenting piocess is key in summative self-assessment: looking back on
the piocess anu ueteimining whethei youi woik is successful.

Example of a
stuuent's sketchbook
fiom Zachaiy's Comic
Book Ait Satuiuay
Stuuios Class, 2u1S
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Bollow: Baving a hole oi empty space insiue
Soliu: Not hollow, containing no spaces oi gaps
Natuial: Existing in oi causeu by natuie
Nanmaue: Naue oi causeu by human beings
Peisonify: Repiesent human chaiacteiistics on inanimate objects
Sounu Waves: Bow sounu moves thiough the aii
volume: Powei of the sounu
Reveibeiation: Repeating seveial times, echo
Amplituue: Amount of volume
Amplifiei: Bevice foi incieasing volume
Exhibit: Publicly Bisplay Ait Woik
Sounu Ait: Novement in ait focuseu on sounu manipulation
Installation: Aitistic woik that occupies a space anu thiee-uimensions

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Nusic: 0nueistanuing how sounu can elicit emotion; stuuying how to manipulate
sounu to change the listenei's expeiience

Physics: 0nueistanuing how sounu moves thiough space anu objects uiffeiently.

Engineeiing: Builuing a uevice by hanu to amplify a sounu.

Ait: 0nueistanuing how to utilize the space one is suiiounueu by. 0nueistanuing
how sculptuies anu installations effect the vieweilisteneis expeiience within the
space.

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techniques
1.4 Leain to take caie of mateiials anu tools anu to use them safely
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2.3 For texture, explore the use of textures in 2D and 3D works
Iuentify a wiue vaiiety of types of textuies, !"# %&'()*%+ /(""30+ #"5<0+ '.6 @5()-+
in the enviionment anu in aitwoik Cieate iepiesentations of textuies in uiawings,
paintings, iubbings, oi ielief
2.4 For shape and form, explore the use of shapes and forms in 2D and 3D
woiks Iuentify simple shapes of uiffeient sizes, !"# %&'()*%+ ,2#,*%/+ /C5'#%/+
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idea or fantasy
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4.2 Select works for exhibition and work as a group to create a display
Critical Response
5.3 Describe similarities and differences in works, and present personal responses to the
subject matter, materials, techniques, and use of design elements in artworks
5.4 (Grades 3 and 4) Explain strengths and weaknesses in their own work, and share
comments constructively and supportively within the group
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6.2 Investigate uses and meanings of examples of the arts in childrens daily lives,
homes, and communities
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7.1 Investigate how artists create their work; read about, view films about, or interview
artists such as choreographers, dancers, composers, singers, instrumentalists, actors,
storytellers, playwrights, illustrators, painters, sculptors, craftspeople, or architects
Inventions, Technologies, and the Arts
9.1 When using art materials or handling and viewing artifacts or musical instruments,
ask and answer questions such as
What is this made of?
How does this instrument produce sound?
Would I design this differently?
Who first thought of making something like this?
Interdisciplinary Arts:
10.1 Integrate knowledge of dance, music, theatre, and visual arts and apply the arts to
learning other disciplines








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It is my belief that this lesson tiuly puts the aitist anu makei at the centei of the
STEAN mouel. It is my belief that this lesson plan cleaily exhibits how aitists neeu
to use othei uisciplines to cieate woik. I also believe that this lesson plan helps
auvocate foi the ait's necessity anu value in schools. Aitists touay aie tiuly using
eveiy pait of theii biain, hanus, anu the iecouises aiounu them to cieate. Aitists
that woik with sounu neeu to know how to manipulate that sounu anu how to
employ the use of uiffeient types of mateiials to achieve this goal. Aitists that woik
with constiucting instiuments in space neeu to know, not only how to engineei
those instiuments to peifoim theii intenueu function, but also how to constiuct a
stiuctuie that can stanu on its own. Lastly, aitists neeu to become moie awaie of
the auuitoiy woilu that suiiounus them as well as the visual. As aitist anu
philosophei Seth Kim-Cohen states, "Fiom biith to ueath, the eai nevei closes.|it
isj evei-open."
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This is a fact aitists shoulu become moie awaie of, as sounu effects
the vieweis expeiience iegaiuless of the aitists intention. It is my hope that this
lesson helps stuuents latei unueistanu aitists like }ohn Cage anu how he blenueu
the Nusic anu visual Aits uisciplines.




1
Seth Kim-Cohen, In The Blink Of An Ear, Toward a Non-Cochlear Sonic
Art (New York: Continuum, 2009), xvii