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Music Technology I (SCP) 802
SOUND SYSTEMS AND RECORDING
TIME FRAME: 1 week
GRADE: 9-12
CONTACT:
MAP LEVEL: 1
01.2 THE ARTS - MUSIC
01.2.8.5.3
-- Students will identify a variety of music-related careers.
01.2.8.9.4
-- Students will apply music skills and understandings to solve problems relevant to a variety of careers.
01.2.9.6.3
-- Students will identify various roles musicians perform, cite representative individuals who have functioned in each role, and describe their activities and performances.
07.0 SCIENCE
07.0.12.0.8
-- Students will recognize that sounds can be varied by making changes to the objects emitting the sound (e.g., tautness of a string, length of a tube, medium through which the sound travels)
07.0.13.5.5
-- Students will recognize that electric currents and magnets can exert a force on each other
07.0.13.5.6
-- Students will understand that a complete circuit is necessary in order for electric current to flow
07.0.13.9.10
-- Students will recognize that accelerating electrical charges produce electromagnetic waves
07.0.14.0.4
-- Students will describe the role and use of technological devices in everyday life (e.g., microwave ovens, telephones, VCRs)
07.0.14.0.10
-- Students will identify careers that use science and technology
07.0 SCIENCE
07.0.14.5.6
-- Students will identify and analyze ways in which advances in science and technology have affected each other and society
07.0.14.9.2
-- Students will analyze how the introduction of new technology has affected or could affect human activity (e.g., invention of the telescope, applications of modern telecommunications and bioengineering)
09.0 TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
09.0.2.0.6
-- Students will trace the historical development of a product or process of technology
09.0.2.5.3
-- Students will identify and describe how individual technological innovations may be combined to create new technologies
09.0.2.5.5
-- Students will trace the historical development of at least one technology, identifying its effects of technological systems
09.0.2.9.2
-- Students will employ the input, process, output, feedback system model to their evaluation of technological impacts
09.0.3.0.3
-- Students will describe how mathematics, science, language arts, social studies and the arts are related to technology
09.0.3.0.5
-- Students will define the role of mathematics, science, language arts, social studies, the arts and technology education in preparing for various careers
09.0 TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
09.0.3.0.6
-- Students will describe how advances in technology have created new and emerging career options
09.0.3.5.9
-- Students will explore career options
09.0.3.5.11
-- Students will prepare a preliminary career plan, with connections to high school course selections
09.0.4.5.7
-- Students will engage in an activity that requires creativity
09.0.4.5.10
-- Students will conduct an applied research project
09.0.4.5.13
-- Students will develop a solution for a real-life problem
What are the basic elements of a sound system and how do they work?
How has the method of recording sound changed through out history?
What careers are available using sound systems?
In this unit, the students will be exposed to the many elements of a sound system, including but not limited to:
Speakers
Microphones
Sound cables
Mixing Boards
Amplifiers
The students will be exposed to the history of recording.
The student will:
Identify the elements of a sound system and how each element works
Identify the different types of microphones and define their characteristics
Explore different careers offered using sound systems as a vocation
Explain the historical course of the recording technology since its inception.
During this unit, each student will:
Have "hands-on" experience with mixing boards, amplifiers, microphones and speakers
Choose an element of the sound system the he/she would like to research and present the project to the class
Watch the video series on setting up sound systems and creating recording studios in your home
Compare and contrast different brands of speakers, mixers, cables and microphones
Explore and examine the sound system currently set up in WA's auditorium and discuss its positive and negative aspects
Students will be assessed via the following:
Written tests and quizzes
Oral presentations
Evaluations on "Hands-on" set up of systems