Oxfordian Life
Learning to “See Sound”
The secondary students developed the Good Vibrations project, which brings together music and art with sciences such as physics to create a thrilling, playful learning experience.
The original idea for this activity was put forward by the Music teacher at Vista Hermosa Campus, Mr. Escobar, who led the project with the collaboration of coordinators and teachers at secondary level from the different campuses.
The aim of the activity was to stimulate students’ senses through the effect of sound vibrations, applying a range of techniques and materials.
The young people of all three secondary grades carried out experiments to show in a travelling exhibition, which they set up at different sister campuses and explained to the primary students on a striking visual and auditory tour.
Mr. Escobar tells us that they used a variety of techniques relating to frequencies and vibrations with materials such as adhesive tape, gummy sweets, mirrors, cornflour, water, lasers, speakers, tone generators and sand.
The experience was enriched by lighting and the use of fluorescent paints, which gave the exhibition greater meaning and turned it into a multisensory adventure with a high level of learning.
“We learned to see sound and not only to hear it,” the teacher comments, explaining that these materials were used to represent sound and its characteristics, and that students were also asked to create a representation of the frequencies through drawing, which brought in the subject of Art.
The exhibition was presented by the three secondary grades of the Las Quintas, Vista Hermosa and Middle Years campuses to the primary students.
The Oxfordian School recognises the talent and passion of its teaching staff in bringing forward initiatives as innovative as this one, so that its students acquire critical thinking skills and enrich their education with first-hand experience.
