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Unit 5F, Light and Sound

Unit Project: Using Light and Sound to Present a Puppet Show

Use what you've learned about light and sound to produce a puppet show. Make your own puppets and construct instruments. Use sound and lights of different colors.

Project Link 1(Chapter 1, p. F15)
Make different kinds of shadows with common objects.

Internet Links
Light, Color, and Shadows

The Puppetry Home Page - Shadow Puppets: Designing, Building, and Performing
http://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/definitions/shadow.html

TheTech
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/color/intro

Project Link 2 (Chapter 2, p. F31)
With your group, put on a puppet show using different-colored lights to produce special effects.

Internet Links
Puppetry

Hand puppet making tips. Animal hand puppet, puppet glove ideas
http://www.make-hand-puppets.com/

Netfundu.com - Index - Origamy
http://www.netfundu.com/origamy.htm

Light, Color, and Shadows

The Exploratorium: Colored Shadows
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/colored_shadows.html


La multicolor luz solar
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Msun4spc.htm

Student Resources

  • Making Rod Puppets
  • Writing a Script



  • Hacer títeres de varillas
  • Escribir un guión
  • Project Link 3 (Chapter 3, p. F65)
    Instruments and other devices create music and sound effects in shows. Work with your team to plan a puppet show based on a folk tale. Try telling the tale from a different point of view. Plan the sound effects. Add lighting, using acetate-covered flashlights.

    Internet Links
    Sound Effects

    Sound FX Page
    http://www.vionline.com/sound.html#INDEX

    Household Science for Kids: Sound & Noise
    http://www.fatlion.com/science/sound.html


    Microscopio virtual
    http://personales.mundivia.es/mggalvez/micro1.htm

    Vocales vocalizadas
    http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/espanol/vocal_vowels/index.html

    Folk Tales
    Adventures from the Book of Virtues: Storytime
    http://www.pbs.org/adventures/Storytime/menu.htm
    Musical Instruments
    Multimedia Instrument Encyclopedia
    http://www.lehigh.edu/zoellner/encyclopedia.html

    Student Resources

  • Creating Sound Effects
  • Making a Musical Bow
  • Making a Reed Pipe
  • Making Nail Chimes
  • Making a Tambourine
  • Making a Theater Program



  • Crear efectos de sonido
  • Construir un arco musical
  • Hacer una flauta de caña
  • Hacer campanas de clavos
  • Hacer una pandereta
  • Hacer un programa para una obra de teatro
  • Project Link 4 (Chapter 4, p. F81)
    Plan and record a soundtrack for your folk tale. Include the instruments and other devices needed for sound effects.

    Internet Links
    Sound Effects

    Sound Effects for Your Radio Programs
    http://www.childrensmusic.org/effects.html
    Musical Instruments
    Multimedia Instrument Encyclopedia
    http://www.lehigh.edu/zoellner/encyclopedia.html


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