Rubber band guitars!

On Thursday we continued our theme of making instruments with a very exciting project... rubber band guitars! The students broke into small groups and used different sized boxes and rubber bands to build their own guitars. Each group had to use their problem solving skills to figure out the best way to mount the rubber bands and turn their box into an awesome looking guitar! The students noted that each of the group's guitars sounded different because of the size of the resonating chamber (box) and the size and stretch of the strings (rubber bands). Other students made shakers and drums to add to the growing instrument collection. Everything turned out looking great! At the end, they had a jam session with their newly built instruments. Good job, everyone!

Week ONE - Intros and Rainsticks!

Our first project was to create rainsticks in reference to the stormy and rainy weather this week. The students were asked to create their own musical rainsticks and perform their own versions of fierce rain storm. The students worked in small teams to design and produce the rainsticks that turned out looking awesome!

The students met as a class and created their own rain storm by using their rainsticks to produce sounds they would hear in a rainstorm. The students even made thunder by tapping their hands on the desks. The students did such a great job that it rained outside after they created their rainstorm.

WELCOME TO ARTSPACE SPRING 2010!!

Hello everyone and welcome to ARTSPACE Spring 2010!!!

As we start our new semester at Longview Elementary we hope to have a fun and exciting semester. We look forward to having a wide range of projects throughout the semester that will enhance our understanding of the theme - Communication. Projects will range from creating musical instruments to designing wonderful pieces of artwork. We hope to incorporate a final performance that will link all of our projects together into one culminating event. We are all looking forward to a great semester!