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July 18-22nd 2011 - Explorers III

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July 18-22nd - Explorers III Parent Show Projects

We listen to and create music everyday! In this camp students will use Scratch, Java, and Lego NXT robots to explore sound and create musical instruments. Perhaps students will invent a new type of instrument during this camp!

Scratch is free software from MIT which makes it easy to explore computing concepts using drag-and-drop programming. See http://www.nebomusic.net/EineKlieneAnimation.html for an example of the type of Scratch activity students can do. For more information see http://scratch.mit.edu. LEGO NXT robot kits can be used to create a variety of robots. For more information see http://www.legoeducation.us/store/detail.aspx?CategoryID=178&by=9&ID=1263&c=1&t=0&l=0.

Monday:
Morning:
-Pre Camp Survey
-Scratch - Virtual Xylophone.  Modeling a real instrument properties and methods in a digital environment.
-NXT Robotics:  Build Basic Base for Dancing Commands.  Ability to move on two wheels and wave an arm or attachment.
Lunch
Afternoon:
-Robotics:  Robot Dancing:  Choose music and define form.  Create movement sequences for A and B Sections of the music.
-Scratch:  Animate a Short Song Using Movement Commands
-Open Time with Robotics or Scratch    

Tuesday:
Morning:  
-Campus Tour
-Robotics:  Finish and Film Dance Sequences
-Scratch:  Amplitude Project
Lunch
Afternoon:
-Robotics:  Rebuild and Program Robot with New Design for Dance Project
-Green Screen Pictures
-Open Time with Scratch
    
Wednesday:
Morning:
-Scratch:  Animate Ourselves Dancing!
-Robotics:  Start Designing of Robot Instruments
Lunch:
Afternoon:
-Recreation
    

Thursday:
Morning:
-Robotics:  Finish Building Robot Instruments
-Programming Robot Instruments - Take Video
-Scratch or Java - Build a Virtual Drum Set
Lunch
Afternoon:
-Scratch:  Work on Music Animation
-Robotics:  Refine Robot Instrument
-Open time with Scratch or Robotics

Friday:
Morning:
-Open time to develop Scratch and Robotics Projects for Parent Showcase
-Do Post Workshop Survey
Lunch
Afternoon:
-Parent Showcase

Scratch and Lego NXT activities incorporating sound and music creation
Scratch
-Virtual Xylophone
-Virtual Piano
-Electronic Drumset
-Amplitude Project
-Making a Music Video / Dancing


Greenfoot and Java
-Virtual Xylophone Project in JAVA
-Sampling sounds to create an virtual instrument in JAVA


NXT
-Dancing Robots
-Xylophone Playing Robots (Like Shimon from Ga Tech Robotics)
-Instruments made from NXT using Brick Sound functions and Light/Ultrasonic Sensor
-Invented Instruments


Maybe a tour of Georgia Tech music department or demonstration of musical robot.

Pre-survey: http://findings.GaComputes-ES-Pre-L.sgizmo.com/s3/
Post-survey: http://findings.GaComputes-ES-Post-L.sgizmo.com/s3/

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