Abstract
Making waves is a unique partnership between K–12 and college educators, Grammy-winning musicians, and a small woodworking business that offers educational programs that blur the lines between the STEM fields and music to bring out the best in students’ abilities to experiment, create, analyze, and explore. Using topics drawn from grade-level standards in engineering, math, and science, as well as best practices in music education, students build and analyze custom musical instruments from kits and then compose and perform original works using those instruments. During the 2020–2021 school year, with COVID-19 restrictions in place, Making Waves moved its afterschool program with Elkhart, Indiana elementary and middle school students into a hybrid online learning mode, with instructors from across the country working remotely with Elkhart students in their classrooms. In celebration of the International Year of Sound, the team produced an arrangement of “The Sound of the World,” with a video highlighting student learning and the musical heritage of the Elkhart community. This presentation will feature this video, along with audience participation activities.
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