QR codes

Today, you will be making a scavenger hunt using QR codes


STEP 1:  Watch the video



STEP 2:  Find out about qr codes https://sites.google.com/a/lshigh.org/gotbooks/qr-codes
and be able to compare them to bar codes.

STEP 3:  Decide what your qr codes will link to:

• a website
• a location on google maps
• a clue (perhaps on twitter or weebly) that will require you to solve a riddle
• other ideas

Here's how one person figured it out:   http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=4211

Here is another:   http://storify.com/720mi/qr-code-scavenger-hunt  (this includes the video above, as well as other ideas)

STEP 4:  Plan your hunt and make the qrcodes:   http://www.qrstuff.com/ is one maker that is kind of cool, but there are dozens of them out there.

Your QR scavenger hunt must have at least seven clues, which should be saved as .png or .jpg and pasted onto a word document.  Send this to me at the end of the class.

Three Instructables and Away you Go

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-mix-songs-in-Audacity/


http://www.instructables.com/id/Drum-Beats-in-Audacity/


http://www.instructables.com/id/Basic-recording-and-editing-with-Audacity/


http://audacity.sourceforge.net/


You must create a multiple track song.  This includes the percussion instrument you made (you'll have to bring it in by tomorrow), your instrument, a synthesized sound from an app, and something else.  Your song needs to be at least 30 seconds long.

Instructables

music that you create will be a combination of your wind instruments and other sources.  today you will need to look at the app that a company Google Chrome and the homemade instruments on Instructables.  your group must have a percussion instrument to go along with your wind instrument.

Many of you also need to correct your pipe lengths for your instrument.

then go to the Google Chrome App Store and look for music apps that you can use to help enhance your song.

at the end of the hour you will be asked to reflect on your progress.

Musical Instrument creation

1.  Print the 8notes.com piece.
2. Identify the notes

3.  Look up the frequencies in Hz.


http://www.phy.mtu.edu/~suits/notefreqs.html


4.  Identify 4 to 6 frequencies that you will use in your instrument.




5.  Watch 30 seconds of each video above.

6.  Go to instructables and search for an instrument with different notes that match yours.

http://youtu.be/8dZYfWRkBMM

http://www.flutopedia.com/naflutomat_1_37_1.htm

Individual Writeup

Personal Writeup

What is the exact URL of the completed project.

1. What colors can you see on the completed video?  
2. What color of shadows can you see?  Is this the same or different?
3. What reflections can you see?
4. Can you explain a plot with a beginning, a middle, and an end? (Answer in one or two sentences)
5. List a specific example in your video where there is a fuzzy-edged shadow( ____seconds)  How was it formed?
6. List a specific example in your video where there is a sharp-edged shadow( ____seconds)  How was it formed?
7. List a specific example in your video where there is a larger shadow( ____seconds) than the puppet.  How was it formed? 
8. List a specific example in your video where there is a smaller shadow( ____seconds) than the puppet. How was it formed?
9. A List a specific example in your video where there is a penumbra, or lighter shadow( ____seconds)  How was it formed? 
10. List a specific example in your video where there is an umbra, or darker shadow( ____seconds)  How was it formed?
11. Were there any wavelengths of light you could not see in your video?   How could you tell?
12. Make a table and compare the qualities of light and sound waves
13. Explain how you could improve your video to make the mood better through lighting or to make the quality of the shadows better.
14. Explain what each of the people in your group did Be very specific.
15. Compare the work of Philobus to your own show.  How does their work compare to yours, using a CLAIM, EVIDENCE, and REASONING.

Turn this completed work via email.

Electromagnetic Waves

Parts of the EM spectrum Notes and Activities

Teachers' Domain: Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum: Radio Waves

Teachers' Domain: The Electromagnetic Spectrum: FRONTLINE

Teachers' Domain: The Electromagnetic Spectrum: FRONTLINE





ttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/gamma/spectrum.html



Discussion Questions

What are electromagnetic waves?

What is a photon?

Name one manufactured device or natural phenomenon that emits electromagnetic radiation in each of the following wavelengths: radio, microwave, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-ray, and gamma ray.

Which type(s) of electromagnetic radiation do human bodies emit? Which type(s) can our senses detect?

List three ways that electromagnetic radiation is used to improve our everyday lives.