Soundscape Nadia Sharza ET 347

Directions:
Fill in the required portions of this document. Be sure to save it. You will submit this file with a
link to your soundscape.
1. The introduction include just a few of the many ideas for soundscapes to get you thinking
creatively. Now it is your turn. Brainstorm a minimum of three soundscape ideas in
different content areas. You should treat this activity as if you are the teacher. You are
creating a project you would have your students do. The soundscape you create will be an
example which you can use in your future pedagogy.
Content Area:
Math
Reading/Writing
Science
Social Studies

Soundscape Idea:
Frequencies subtraction
Listen to soundscape and write creatively about it, tell narrative
about their lives through sound
Standing waves activity
Colorado mining sounds, city growth, etc.

1. Choose the idea you like the most. Write a brief summary of your idea.
a. Reading/Writing Listen to a soundscape and write creatively about it. Many
different soundscapes can be chosen from and played and the students would listen
and write a creative short story that goes along with the soundscape played.
Students can choose to share their story if they wish at the end.
2. Identify the grade level, content area, and standards.
Grade level:
3rd

Content area(s):
Writing/Language Arts

Standards:
3.1 A writing process us used to plan
draft, and write a variety of literary
genres

3. Brainstorm what sounds you feel should be included in this soundscape. (A bit of a project
outline)
a. For a warm up activity, students can listen to a clip from a movie soundtrack such
as Star Wars to get them writing. This should be easier for students to begin with as
a warm up because the soundtrack clip has already set the mood and tone so the
students just have to write according to the tone set by the music.
b. Next, you can play a soundscape of sounds from the jungle, playground, a busy
kitchen, etc. You can prepare many different soundscapes so students can write to
many different sounds and continue to write different stories.
4. Now, create your soundscape. As you create, save your citations.
Citations:
a. http://soundbible.com/1818-Rainforest-Ambience.html
b. http://soundbible.com/1301-Peacock-Call.html
c. http://soundbible.com/1160-Mountain-Lion.html
d. http://soundbible.com/1145-Jungle.html
e. http://soundbible.com/1130-Jaguar.html
f. http://soundbible.com/69-Jungle-Birds-And-Monkeys.html
g. http://freeplaymusic.com/volumedetail.aspx?volume=52996

Requirements:
Minimum of 60 seconds and a maximum of five minutes
Quality editing (smooth transitions between clips, sound level is even - it doesnt fluctuate
dramatically)
Creativity
Accuracy (content and grammatical)
Citations
Due on Monday, April 18th at 11:59PM
Once your soundscape is complete, paste the link here: https://youtu.be/EXnuWJnLAo0
You will also need to post your soundscape to your ePortfolio.

How to Information:
1. You can use audio clips from free sound effects and music sites such as SoundBible and
Free Play Music. Remember copyright and fair use when creating your soundscape. Many
short audio clips from popular songs, movies, speeches, etc. used for educational
purposes can be reproduced.
2. The Library of Congress has access to many historical speeches and other audio files.
3. Use your personal mobile device or computer to record unique sound files (reading a story,
singing, voice overs, etc.)
4. To edit your files and create a cohesive soundscape, you can use an iDevice and
GarageBand. GarageBand is also available on the Macs in the McKee lab.
There is free audio editing software for any computer. Audacity is commonly used in K-12
schools and is rather easy to use. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
5. Load your finished file to YouTube, add the link to this document, and load it to your
ePortfolio.
6. Save plenty of time for creation to account for technical difficulties and/or the need for
help.
Audacity:
Sourceforge tutorial
YouTube tutorial: part 1 and part 2
GarageBand:
Tutorial 1
There are many videos available on using GarageBand and Audacity. Just Google whatever you
need.