Design and Engineering- Fall 2014

In Design and Engineering classes students are exploring the field of acoustical engineering through activities in a unit called Acoustical Engineering: Seeing Animal Sounds. The children will learn how acoustical engineers aid scientific research and see that they work on different types of projects such as damping sound or designing systems to record, interpret, and communicate sound.

The children were introduced to this unit through the storybook Kwame’s Sound. Throughout this unit, students will use what learn about the science of sound to design and improve a visual representation system for bird sounds. Most recently they have been experimenting with materials to test their ability to damp sounds.

Students work in cooperative groups.

A student records while his partners test the materials.