This paper describes the development and presentation of a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) workshop for elementary school teachers designed to provide ideas and tools for using acoustics in the classroom. The abundant hands-on activities and concepts in acoustics naturally link science and music in an intuitive way that can assist teachers in moving forward on the STEAM initiative. Our workshop gave teachers an introduction to acoustics principles and demonstrations that can be used to tie in STEAM techniques with Utah State Education Core standards. These hands-on demonstrations and real-world applications provide an avenue to engage students and support learning outcomes. Feedback indicated that the participants learned from and enjoyed the initial implementation of this workshop, though many elementary school teachers did not immediately see how they could integrate it into their curriculum. While additional efforts might be made to better focus the training workshop for the K-6 level, curriculum developers need to appreciate how acoustics could be used more broadly at the elementary school level if the emphasis changes from STEM to STEAM.
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23 May 2016
171st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America
23–27 May 2016
Salt Lake City, Utah
Education in Acoustics: Paper 2aED3
June 13 2017
The sound of STEAM: Acoustics as the bridge between the arts and STEM
Caleb B Goates
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Caleb B Goates
1Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Brigham Young University
, Provo, UT, USA
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Jennifer K. Whiting;
Jennifer K. Whiting
1Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Brigham Young University
, Provo, UT, USA
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Mark L. Berardi;
Mark L. Berardi
1Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Brigham Young University
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Kent L. Gee;
Kent L. Gee
1Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Brigham Young University
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Tracianne B. Neilsen
Tracianne B. Neilsen
1Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Brigham Young University
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Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 26, 025002 (2016)
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Received:
March 20 2017
Accepted:
March 23 2017
Citation
Caleb B Goates, Jennifer K. Whiting, Mark L. Berardi, Kent L. Gee, Tracianne B. Neilsen; The sound of STEAM: Acoustics as the bridge between the arts and STEM. Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 23 May 2016; 26 (1): 025002. https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0000475
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