Chrome google music lab3/10/2024 ![]() The kids were thrilled to hear themselves, but observed that it didn’t sound quite right. Then, I moved the slider on the Voice Spinner to the right (forward), about half way. As we are presently getting ready for our Spring Concert, I had the students sing the first phrase of their concert song as I recorded them. (note: this app will not record voices on the iPad) I asked the kids if they’d like to make their own sound waves (the answer was a resounding “YES!”). A boy in the same class said, “When you played the nice sounding notes, it was like all the waves were working together nicely, but when you played the icky notes, it was like waves crashing together and splashing all around.” Gotta love kids □Īfter I was sure that the kids had a grasp of sound waves, we went to the Voice Spinner app. One girl in grade 3 asked me, “What would happen if you played two notes at the same time?” Unfortunately, the app doesn’t allow for that, but I went over to the piano and played a C major chord, then played some rather inharmonic clusters, and we had a quick discussion about that. The kids all seemed to understand that the waves would go faster, and were so excited when they saw they were right! If you click on the little magnifying glass in the bottom right hand corner of the Sound Waves app, it will show the actual wave. I played the lowest note on the keyboard and asked them what they saw (slow waves), and asked, “What do you think will happen when I play the highest key?” (This was also a good way to reinforce left=low that I teach when playing xylophones). To assess their understanding, I went over to the Sound Waves app. Throughout the process, I was pointing out the big ideas: Sound is made from waves. We played around with the other wave shapes. We discovered that a different wave shape made a different sound, but that sound still went lower when we made the square shorter, and higher when we made it taller. Before clicking on it, I asked for more hypotheses, then we tested it out. ![]() I then changed the wave shape to square (the cute little green square dude). Needless to say, the kids were quite excited to see that they were right: when we made the circle taller, the waves went faster and the sound got higher. The kids did a quick Think/Pair/Share, and then we tested our hypothesis. 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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