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Paper piano
- Source :
- IDC
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- ACM, 2018.
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Abstract
- The Paper Piano is a beginner-friendly hands-on activity where participants build a working piano using paper and conductive paint and tune it to the notes of the pentatonic scale. The piano is powered by an Arduino microcontroller. This is part of a series of activities to teach science and engineering concepts using building, crafts, and art.In this activity, participants learn about electrical resistance, how electricity flows through circuits, conductive materials, and the pentatonic scale. We have successfully demonstrated this activity to learners from elementary school age to college students, and participants frequently express genuine astonishment at their ability to construct a working electronic musical instrument out of everyday craft materials.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6lTidhGcgE
- Subjects :
- Engineering
business.industry
05 social sciences
Piano
Physical computing
020207 software engineering
Musical instrument
02 engineering and technology
Pentatonic scale
Visual arts
Craft
Arduino
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Constructionism
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
business
Construct (philosophy)
050107 human factors
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Interaction Design and Children
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........d90909efd9369853026288743414e6fa