STEAM CARNIVAL INTRODUCTIONToday in class I introduced the students to the STEAM Carnival and we discussed HSD's partnership with Two Bit Circus to have a STEAM Carnival here on May, 19th of this year. Teachers and students have been asked to participate on a volunteer basis by contributing projects for the Inventor's Alley portion of the STEAM Carnival. Mrs. Julie Brown had the amazing idea of focusing on creating musical instruments. Her inspired mind got me thinking about how my 7th graders could work on a large scale project together that could potentially be a working (musically) piece of engineering art. I immediately began thinking of building a large scale marimba from upcycled products. Today I introduced the idea by showing the students these two quick videos on the STEAM Carnival, introducing the idea of a marimba table, and then showing them a couple minutes of the Zelda Marimba video. The Sigur Ros and Wintergatan videos are the videos that inspired me to want to pursue creating a musical instrument engineered from upcycled materials for the 7th grade project. There will be more information posted as soon as I get it! Check back periodically for updates. Sincerely, (A very excited and inspired) Mrs. Batt
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Julie Brown
3/21/2018 02:30:51 pm
This is so exciting Mrs. Batt! Our students are going to come up with some amazing projects. What a wonderful opportunity for everyone. I love your web page :)
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Mrs. Batt
3/21/2018 03:06:04 pm
Thanks so much Mrs. Brown! I have already had a blast getting to work with (and be inspired by) you. I'm looking forward to May 19th!
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Maria Dedes
3/21/2018 03:38:23 pm
YOU ROCK MS, BATT!!!
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Yvette Saenz
3/21/2018 05:22:51 pm
Very cool! I feel very inspired!! I cannot wait to meet with my MESA students and get them on board with their projects as well!!
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