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LEARNING UNIT 3 - Student Guide

Band Instrumentation



Students! You will create a digital project that introduces new instruments you can begin playing in the 6th grade.

New instruments include: Tuba, French Horn, Euphonium, Bassoon, Oboe, Bass Clarinet, Tenor and Bari Sax.

INFORMATION THAT MUST BE INCLUDED: Choose an instrument from the group of new options and create a project that touches on basic fundamentals that each instrument presents. Explore the instrument of your choice and present the new information you found.

Students have the options to use any digital media format but are highly suggested to try the following programs:


 * Videos (WeVideo, Animoto, Flixtime, Stupeflix Studio, etc.)Podcasts (Voicethread, Soundcloud, Vocaroo, etc.)
 * Screencasting (Jing, Screencast-O-Matic, Quicktime, etc.) SCREENCASTS INCLUDE BOTH AUDIO AND VIDEO
 * Digital Posters (Glogster, Tackk, or Phoster)
 * Virtual Tours (Google Maps, Google Earth, or Google Earth Tour Builder)
 * Online Presentations (Google Presentations, Prezi, Haiku, Zoho Show, Projeqt, or Snapguide)
 * Comics (Pixton, Comic Master, etc.)
 * Visual Programming (Scratch or Tynker)
 * Timelines (Dipity, MyHistro, Capzles, Timeglider, etc.)
 * Infographics (Piktochart, Easel.ly, Visual.ly. etc.)
 * Animations (Xtranorma, Go!Animate, or PowToon)
 * 3D Modeling (Google Sketchup, 3DTin, or Floorplanner)
 * Minecraft (or other virtual worlds)
 * Whiteboard Recording Apps (Explain Everything, Showme, Doceri, or Educreations)

See the examples!

[|__Google Slides__]

[|__Voicethread Tuba__]

[|__Bassoon Timeline__]

PUBLISH: Post your work to the class Wix site! Make a comment in the Learning Unit 3 that includes the link to your work to share it with the class!

[|__Class Wix Site__]


 * CATEGORY || 4 || 3 || 2 || 1 ||
 * Requirements || Chosen instrument a new instrument on the required list and supported with accurate information || Chosen instrument is on the required list and supported with accurate information || Chosen instrument is supported with accurate information || No requirements were met. ||
 * Content || Covers topic with correct/meaningful historical context OR Covers topic with accurate representation and facts about the instrument || Covers topic with some correct/meaningful historical context OR Covers topic with some accurate representation and some facts about the instrument || Covers topic with little correct/meaningful historical context OR Covers topic with little accurate representation and little facts about the instrument || Does not cover topic with correct/meaningful historical context OR accurate representation and facts about the instrument ||
 * Attractiveness || Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation. || Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation. || Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content. || Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentation content. ||