PROJECT DESCRIPTION
After learning about sound, groups built instruments from three categories: string, wind, and chime. My group made a harp, flute, and xylophone. Before we could start building our instruments, we had to create blueprints including the full octave in which they played and the wavelengths and notes.
CONTENT
Wavelength- distance from crest to crest of a wave (velocity/frequency)
Amplitude- height or size of wave, determines volume in sound
Frequency- rate at which waves pass per second (velocity/wavelength)
Period- time per wave (inverse of frequency)
Velocity- rate at which a wave moves (distance/time)
After learning about sound, groups built instruments from three categories: string, wind, and chime. My group made a harp, flute, and xylophone. Before we could start building our instruments, we had to create blueprints including the full octave in which they played and the wavelengths and notes.
CONTENT
Wavelength- distance from crest to crest of a wave (velocity/frequency)
Amplitude- height or size of wave, determines volume in sound
Frequency- rate at which waves pass per second (velocity/wavelength)
Period- time per wave (inverse of frequency)
Velocity- rate at which a wave moves (distance/time)
BUILD A BAND DOCUMENT
REFLECTION
I believe that the group I worked with spent our time well. We finished all of our instruments before they were due and had extra time to tweak. Instead of splitting up and creating our own individual instruments, we worked together to get through one instrument at a time. We would check on each other's work and adjust as necessary. Everyone contributed new ideas and we were able to implement them efficiently. We took the time we needed to change any mistakes we made and redo calculations. We could have done a better job of familiarizing ourselves with the physics behind each instrument, but we did a good job of explaining the instruments overall.
I worked on this project with Brittany Fung, Alexis Bishop, and Jillian Seymour.
I believe that the group I worked with spent our time well. We finished all of our instruments before they were due and had extra time to tweak. Instead of splitting up and creating our own individual instruments, we worked together to get through one instrument at a time. We would check on each other's work and adjust as necessary. Everyone contributed new ideas and we were able to implement them efficiently. We took the time we needed to change any mistakes we made and redo calculations. We could have done a better job of familiarizing ourselves with the physics behind each instrument, but we did a good job of explaining the instruments overall.
I worked on this project with Brittany Fung, Alexis Bishop, and Jillian Seymour.