Sounds Like Science
Nonprofit mentoring organization Michigan Reach Out! has a collection of science lessons based around the physics of sound. These were saved from the now defunct Vancouver, Canada based APASE site. Each one features the construction of a different simple musical instrument (drum, guitar, kazoo, and bottle organ), ending in a musical...
Read MoreSongs For Science Educators
Rhythm Rhyme Results sells a line of science-themed song collections for use as a resource in the 4th through 9th grade science classroom. Music can be a useful tool for memorization, and this collection includes material on biology, chemistry, earth science, planets, and more.
Read MoreThe “Dance Your Ph.D.” Contest
A Ph.D. thesis in any science can be overwhelmingly esoteric and technical. This makes for ripe material for interpretive dance. The “Dance Your Ph.D.” contest awards cash prizes for the best videos of people’s dances representing their Ph.D. thesis research.
Read MoreThe Artist is a Mathematician
Carla Farsi is a mathematician AND artist, and her career seems to be a constant dialogue and dialectic between the two, rather than a simple collaboration. She points out the deep similarities between art and mathematics from the point of view of the practitioner: “Something that is logical, that makes a mathematical theorem, also makes some kind of a visual statement about structure and...
Read MoreMath Through Music
From Oracle’s ThinkQuest project (“Projects by Students For Students) comes a site with a series of lessons linking math and music. “Math and music have always been considered closely connected in many ways. It is widely believed that students who do well in music also excel in math. Some research shows that starting music lessons at a young age enhances math ability . One...
Read MoreThe Chemistry of Paint
One in a series of articles and bibiliographies on chemistry and art.
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