20AVKWC08 Remix Your Summer | Earsketch Teachers

Remix Your Summer

EarSketch Remix Lab for the 2020 Amazon Virtual Kids Week Challenge

Module 8 of 8

Every summer, one song explodes and is played everywhere. From the Macarena, to Call Me Maybe to last year’s Old Town Road, all of these songs were not just top hits on the radio but also upbeat with a catchy hook. Songs of the summer make you want to dance, sing, and most importantly reflect a message of that year. This summer of COVID-19 is different—but how will this effect the song of the summer? Be creative and use your knowledge of coding and EarSketch to create the “Song of the Summer 2020.”

The remix must be a minimum of 30 seconds but less than 3 minutes
The song should demonstrate your knowledge of Earsketch through using loops, custom functions, fitMedia(), makeBeat(), setEffect(), and uploaded sounds
You can use conditionals (optionals) to allow for some user choice.

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Learning Outcomes

Lesson Flow

Curriculum Materials

Objectives

Engage Students in coding in EarSketch
Explore connections between music technology and programming
Navigate the EarSketch Digital Audio Workspace
Edit basic code with EarSketch specific functions such as makeBeat(), setEffect(), and fitMedia()
Code a for-loop to create repetition in their song

Computer Science Standards

CSP Standards

IT-CSP-2 Create digital artifacts that foster creative expression including programs, digital music, videos, images, documents, and combinations of these such as infographics, presentations, and web pages.

AP CSP Essential Knowledge

EK1.2.1A Creating digital effects, images, audio, video, animations has transformed industries
EK 5.2.1A Algorithms are implemented using program instructions that are processed during program execution.
EK 5.3.1M Application program interfaces (APIs) and libraries simplify complex programming tasks.
EK 5.3.1O APIs connect software components, allowing them to communicate