Science of Sound and Music Workshop

What will I learn?

In this 2-day in-person workshop for 8th grade teachers, you will learn how to use a series of web applications and hands-on learning experiences to playfully explore and create sound. This workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Victor Minces and Dr. Alec Barron. Dr. Minces is a neuroscientist of music and a sound artist that designed the web applications. Dr. Barron is the Director of the San Diego Science Project at UC San Diego. You will experience an NGSS-aligned instructional unit that you can teach your students.

How will I participate? When 

2 Workshop Date Options:  July 12th and 13th  

• The workshop will be from 8:30am to 3:30pm each day.

 Where 

UC San Diego

• More information will be provided closer to the event.

 Food 

A light breakfast and refreshments will be provided in the morning. There will be a 1-hour break for lunch on your own.

 Parking 

Will be provided.

 Stipend 

Participants will receive a stipend of $600 for attending the workshop and completing some light homework before and after the event, and attend a 1.5 hour virtual follow-up meeting to support what was learned at the workshop.

 Participation 

Participants will be asked to complete surveys before and after the workshop and after you have taught some lessons with what you learned from the workshop.  You will also be asked to attend a 1.5 hour virtual follow-up meeting.

Click here to complete the registration survey.

Contact the San Diego Science Project at: sdsp@ucsd.edu