Project Title: The Art of Light and Sound
Mission:
How can people use trash, sound, and light to make something new?
Culminating / Take Action Project
Host an art show or exhibit to teach others about upcycling.Â
What Kids Learn
Did you know that we throw away about 4.5 trillion pounds of trash every year? That’s a lot of trash that is going into landfills and the ocean. It is harming our environment and the living beings in each place. Students in this project will learn about upcycling and how we can upcycle to reuse and reduce trash. They will explore concept of sound, shadows, light and properties of matter to create something new out of “waste”. For their take action project they will then host an art show to share either their upcycled instrument or shadow art to teach others about how we can use creativity to reduce our waste.
Overview
Life Habit Focus: Creativity
Subject: Physical Earth Science, Reading, Writing, Art.
Grade: K-2
Topic: Sound, light, properties of matter, art and music.
Project preview
Project Materials
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Teacher
Materials
Teacher's Guide
Materials List
Student Mission Log
Intro + Life Habits
Creativity
Life Habit Activity
Intro & Life Habit Activities
Aligned Standards
Common Core Reading (CCSS):
- Informational/NonFiction Standards R.I 1-10 for grades K-2.
- Writing Standards W1,2,4,5,6,7,9 for grades K-2.
- Listening and Speaking Standards SL1-SL6.Â
NGSS Standards:
1-PS 4-1: Plan and conduct investigations to provide evidence that vibrating materials can make sound and that sound can make materials vibrate.Â
1-PS 4-2: Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that objects can be seen only when illuminated
1-PS 4-3: Plan and conduct an investigation to determine the effect of placing objects made with different materials in the path of a beam of light.
1-PS4-4. Use tools and materials to design and build a device that uses light or sound to solve the problem of communicating over a distance.
2-PS1-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.
2-PS1-2. Analyze data obtained from testing different materials to determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose.
K-ESS3-3. Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
- NGSS SEP: Asking questions, developing models, obtaining, evaluating and communicating information, analyzing and interpreting data.Â
- NGSS CC: Cause and Effect, stability and change, patterns.
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