Lesson Eight: Biomusicologist

What is a BioMusicologist and what does he/she do?

National Science Education Standards

Content Standard A: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry

• Understanding about scientific inquiry.

Content Standard E: Science and Technology

• Abilities of technological design
• Understanding about science and technology

Content Standard G: History and Nature of Science

• Science as a human endeavor

Objectives: NCSCOS Science

Competency Goal One: The learner will conduct investigations and build an understanding of animal life cycle.

Competency Goal Four: The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technology to build an understanding of the concepts of sound.

NCSCOS Music Objectives

GOAL 6: The learner will listen to, analyze, and describe music. (National Standard 6)

• 6.03 Use appropriate terminology in explaining music, music notation, music instruments and voices, and music performances.
• 6.07 Show respect while listening to and analyzing music.

GOAL 8: The learner will understand relationships between music, the other arts, and content areas outside the arts. (National Standard 8)

• 8.02 Identify ways in which the principles and subject matter of other content areas taught in the school are related to those of music.

GOAL 9: The learner will understand music in relation to history and culture. (National Standard 9)

• 9.01 Identify the style of aural musical examples from various historical periods and cultures.
• 9.04 Identify and describe roles of musicians in various musical settings and cultures.

Concepts: Researchers work together in teams to find answers to questions.

Vocabulary:

• BioMusician – a person who studies music from a biological point of view
• Career — the particular occupation for which you are trained

Materials:

• Computer
• Science notebook

Time:

45 minutes

Process Skills:

• Observe
• Communicate
• Measure
• Predict

Procedure: (Engage, Explore)

• Discuss how researchers have gathered information about birds.
• Generate a list of ways (observation, data collection etc).
• Discuss what scientists are researching today.
• Go to the wildmusic website to see collaborating researchers and their expertise of study.
• Discuss how researchers work together to identify problems and solutions; they often work in teams with different individuals doing different things to contribute to the results.
• Go to Steve Nowicki’s Duke website to see his bird research. Discuss how his science and music background would help him to become a BioMusicologist.
• Create a Venn diagram for music and science to see how they work together in BioMusic.

Class Reflection: (Explain)

• What is a biomusicologist?
• What are the duties of a biomusicologist?
• How can you become a biomusicologist?

Elaborate: (Extend)

• http://www.wildmusic.org

Authentic Assessment: (Evaluate)

Group participation

Science notebook entry on BioMusicologist

Venn diagram comparing music and science in Biomusic