By: Rachel Wong

What’s Your Name?

Description

Through code, students will apply geometric properties and the elements of music to letters of their name. This includes dilations, translation, rotations, musical notations, scales, and rhythms.

Introduction

1. In small groups, have students draw a cartesian plane on graph paper or wipe books.
2. Provide students with a shape in the first quadrant and ask them to determine the coordinates of each vertex.
3. Ask them to translate, rotate, and dilate the shape.
4. Ask them to compare the vertices of the translated shape and describe its position.

Working On It

1. Using the prepared code, students can modify it to perform their desired geometric properties and musical abilities. Each letter should be accompanied with a unique function.
2. Students are provided with the choice and creativity to express and demonstrate their learning.

Consolidation

In small groups, students will discuss and describe what geometric properties and musical performances were accomplished.

Resource information

Tags: Math, Geometric Properties, Dilations, Rotations, Translations, Music

Main Subject: Mathematics

Other integrated subjects: Music

Learning to code: No

Coding to learn: Yes

URL link to code: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1135254656