Encourage tinkering with ideas, relationships, connections. Set up situations where students have to find information not readily available in school texts. Provide opportunity for students to design open-ended explorations of the concept. Provide multiple options so students can plan a unique "proof" of learning.

Students will create musical pieces that, in their opinion, represents sounds of Nature

Objective: Students will translate the sounds made by their original recordings (and depicted by their works of art) into a musical piece.

Activity:Objective: Students will translate the sounds made by their original recordings (and depicted by their works of art) into a musical piece.

Activity: Students will create musical pieces that, in their opinion, represents sounds of Nature (that were previously recorded in Step 1). Students will have the opportunity to use Finale or Finale Notepad, if desired. The teacher should also remind students about the effectiveness of using various instruments in their musical pieces. Students will then share their musical pieces with others in the class, first playing their recordings and then playing their pieces.

Assessment: Students will analyze their recordings (made in Step 1) in order to select appropriate instrumentation to represent the various sounds musically, and it will be evident that each student paid careful attention to the dynamics, the timbre, and the overall mood of the sound/piece.
(that were previously recorded in Step 1). Students will have the opportunity to use Finale or Finale Notepad, if desired. The teacher should also remind students about the effectiveness of using various instruments in their musical pieces. Students will then share their musical pieces with others in the class, first playing their recordings and then playing their pieces.

Assessment: Students will analyze their recordings (made in Step 1) in order to select appropriate instrumentation to represent the various sounds musically, and it will be evident that each student paid careful attention to the dynamics, the timbre, and the overall mood of the sound/piece.