You are expected to complete a task from at least one activity sheet. 
Make a Musical Road
Experiment to see if you can create a rhythm or tune using the same ideas as seen on the video clip ‘Musical Roads’. Represent your rhythm or tune with a drawing using only lines so that others could replicate (make again) your design.
2009 Honda Civic Musical Road: A short video of the making and testing of the Honda Civic musical road in America.
Melody Road – Mt. Haruna,
Gunma Prefecture, Japan: Video recording of a musical road in Japan.
Asphaltophone: Image of an Asphaltophone developed by Goodyear Aerospace Company in America. Also on the page, a number of videos of musical roads from around the world for later reference in activity four.
Internet access, something with wheels, (such
as a bike, skateboard, scooter or miniature toy car),
cardboard or thick paper sheet, craft sticks,
bubble wrap, corrugated card, beads or anything else that can be
used to create a bumpy surface, tape or hot glue.
Assessment
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Uh-oh!
![c:\documents and settings\home\local settings\temporary internet files\content.ie5\6y14amvt\mc900434411[1].wmf](28036_html_dcbca7a.gif)
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Good start
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Great effort
![c:\documents and settings\home\local settings\temporary internet files\content.ie5\jxrr93hr\mc900433823[1].png](28036_html_7dd3a174.png)
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Wohoo!!
![c:\documents and settings\home\local settings\temporary internet files\content.ie5\6y14amvt\mc900433820[1].png](28036_html_4df25863.png)
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Process
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Research about Musical Roads.
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Develop and create a rhythm or tune using materials and a wheeled vehicle.
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Considered how to represent the design with lines so that others could understand and copy it.
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Invited classmates to experience the musical road.
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Product
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Created a mind-map showing main ideas used to create a Musical Road.
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Made a mini musical road with a ten second tune or rhythm.
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Created a visual image using only line for other students to be able to make the same rhythm or tune again.
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Accepted feedback and noted comments from classmates.
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