“Value added class work with on-line projects”
(Presentation of good practices)
Lorena Mihelač
Šolski center Novo mesto, Srednja šola
Metlika
25th September 2010, Ptuj
Searching for Sound
Project about searching for:
• connections between music and - physics,
chemistry, mathematics, biology
(medicine), media, literature (poetry) …,
• explanations about the impact of the
sound on an individual/society.
Searching for Sound
• the project is existing as an e-material – free
download on internet (“Communication with
Music” and “Searching for Sound”),
• the project is from recently existing as an
eTwinning project ”Searching for Sound”.
Searching for Sound
Connection between music and physics:
• sound (frequency, sound waves,
loudness, timbre …),
• infrasound, ultrasound,
• Doppler effect,
• sonoluminiscence.
Searching for Sound
Connection between music and chemistry:
• musical instruments,
• legal and unlegal drugs,
• medicines.
Searching for Sound
Connection between music and
mathematics:
• music expressed with numbers,
• Fibonacci numbers and the Golden
Section,
• Fourier series.
Searching for Sound
Connection between music and
biology/medicine:
• endorphine,
• the impact of music on human brain,
respiratory, heart …,
• synesthesia,
• music therapy.
Searching for Sound
Connection between music and …:
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posters,
video games,
literature (poetry) – subliminal messages,
syncretic art (music and literature –
anthem …).
Searching for Sound
Unconventional expression with music:
• playing on vegetable musical instruments,
• playing on ice musical instruments,
• playing on musical instruments of
recycled materials.
Searching for Sound
Expected results:
• various experiments with sound,
applicable from preschool to highschool
education,
• video and photo documentation about
research works of pupils/students,
• new e-materials for different school
subjects.
Searching for Sound
e-mail:
lorena.mihelac@guest.arnes.si
eTwinning project:
“Searching for Sound”