Collaborative Acoustics Unit- Combining Physics, Pre-Calculus and Music

For the first time, Marin Catholic's music, math and science departments came together for a collaborative acoustics unit. Teachers Mr. Smith-Stewart (Music), Mr. Mosse (Music), Mr. Berkhout (Physics), Mr. Garcia (Pre-calculus) combined their  classes for an interdisciplinary lesson where students in each discipline contributed their knowledge in order to complete their group activity. The students learned about the relationship between a music note, frequency, sine functions, the harmonic overtone series. They analyzed specific measures but also learned why the holistic understanding about the relationship among music, physics and mathematics is important.
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