Course of Study Basic Course Information

Course Title: Engineering

Transcript Title(s)/Abbreviation(s): Guitar Engineering

Course Code(s): 5863S1, 5863S2

Length of Course: ❏ Semester ✓ Full Year

Subject Area: Science

Discipline: Interdisciplinary

Honors Designation: Not Applicable

Grade Levels: ❏ 9th ❏ 10th ✓ 11th ✓ 12th

Course Learning Environment: ✓ Classroom ❏ Online

Is this an integrated Career Technical Education course? ❏ Yes ✓ No If yes, please name the Industry Sector and Career Pathway: Course Description This course looks at the design elements, manufacturing and assembly of solid-body electric . Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) concepts that relate directly to guitars are used to help students make an applied learning connection. Each student will construct their own . The course will cover wood Guitar Engineering Course of Study 1 species and the environment, guitar headstock design features, chemistry of finishes, math applications in a guitar, physical science aspects of the guitar such as concepts of sound waves, string tension, fretboard layout, intonation, and electronics. Studio-style class, lecture and lab time combined throughout the course. http://catalog.fairfield.edu/courses/eg/

A large component of the course involves building skills in the shop and life skills. Students will be in an environment that fosters confidence and encourages students to take risks. For example, designing and building a speaker will allow students to practice soldering, making circuits and using the laser cutter before they utilize these skills on their guitars. Students need practice so they can take risks in a controlled environment prior to their build.

Throughout this course, students will engage with phenomena and design challenges to make sense of abstract physical principles, such as sound waves, tolerance, circuits and electromagnetic fields. The rigor of this course will prepare students for creating their own design. Students will demonstrate their ability to use this knowledge through their working instruments.

Tentative Guitar Engineering Calendar for 2021.22

Piedmont High School students will have the opportunity to learn all of the engineering practices (SEPs) in the NGSS framework.

These engineering performance expectations are addressed throughout the course. o Analyze a major global challenge to specify qualitative and quantitative criteria and constraints for solutions that account for societal needs and wants. HS-ETS1-1 o Design a solution to a complex real-world problem by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable problems that can be solved through engineering. HS-ETS1-2 o Evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem based on prioritized criteria and trade-offs that account for a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics as well as possible social, cultural, and environmental impacts. HS-ETS1-3 o Use a computer simulation to model the impact of proposed solutions to a complex real-world problem with numerous criteria and constraints on interactions within and between systems relevant to the problem. HS-ETS1-4 Prerequisite(s) ✓ Required: Chemistry in the Earth System, Integrated Math 2 ❏ Recommended Co-requisite(s) ✓ Required: Integrated Math 3 ❏ Recommended

Course Content: For each unit of the course, provide: ● A brief description of topics to be addressed that demonstrates the critical thinking, depth and progression of content covered including alignment to standards. ● A brief summary of at least one assignment that explains what a student produces, how the student completes the assignment and what the student learns. ● Also, include a detailed description of end-of-semester and end-of-course assessments. Guitar Engineering Course of Study 2

Table of Contents

COURSE OF STUDY 0 BASIC COURSE INFORMATION 0

COURSE DESCRIPTION 1 COURSE OVERVIEW 1 PREREQUISITE(S) 1 CO-REQUISITE(S) 1

UNIT 1 3 OVERVIEW: INTRODUCTION TO THE FABRICATION LAB AND GUITAR ANATOMY 3 Unit description Learning Objectives 3 Example assignments Detailed assignment description 3 Industrial Arts Skills

Unit 2 4 GUITAR BODY AND HEADSTOCK DESIGN 4 Unit description 4 Example assignments 5 Industrial Arts Skills 5

UNIT 3 5 ETHICS OF SUSTAINABLE WOODS 5 Unit description 5 Example assignments 6 Detailed assignment description 7

UNIT 4 7 NECK ASSEMBLY AND FABRICATION 7 Unit description 7 Example assignments 8 Detailed assignment description 8

UNIT 5 8 ELECTRONICS 8 Unit description 8 Example assignments 9 Detailed assignment description 10

Unit 6 10 ASSEMBLY 10 Unit description 10 Example assignments 10 Detailed assignment description 11 Guitar Engineering Course of Study 3

Unit 7 UTILIZING CNC TECHNOLOGY 11 Unit description 1 Example assignments 10 Detailed assignment description

Unit 8 12 CAPSTONE PROJECT: EFFECTING CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH MUSIC 12 Unit description 12 Example assignments 12 Detailed assignment description

END OF SEMESTER AND END OF COURSE ASSESSMENTS 11

COURSE MATERIALS 11

Unit 1 Overview and introduction to various musical genres and plucked instruments

Unit description Students will begin the year by exploring the shop and guitar anatomy. Beginning with an initial build of a “diddley bow,” students will learn how to use electric drills, the drill press and laser cutter for the creation of cigar boxes. Through a series of labs, readings, lectures, and videos, students will demonstrate their ability to explain guitar parts, cost and body shapes for specific music genres. They will apply their knowledge in the development of a podcast or TED talk regarding music and critical analysis of models and by constructing explanations of their developing physics knowledge.

Learning Objectives: 1. Students will identify all the parts and components of an electric guitar. 2. Students will compute the cost of purchasing the components necessary to build an electric guitar. 3. Students will construct an Excel spreadsheet that uses formulas to calculate the total cost of the components necessary to build an electric guitar

Example assignments

How to Build a Diddley Bow- students will build a diddley bow either by using recycled materials or designing a cigar box with the laser cutter.

Shop skills: cutting with hand saw or band saw, use electric drills, power sander and laser cutter

Detailed assignment description: Cost Estimate and Guitar Anatomy Activity - Students will engage their research skills to find credible sources of information in multiple modalities of text to investigate real world costs for guitar building. Students will engage in peer critique and feedback during group discussion to determine the most realistic range of products.

In order to successfully estimate the cost of building an electric guitar, students must calculate the cost and quantity of the following components: body, neck, fretboard, jack, potentiometers, capacitors, pickups, strap Guitar Engineering Course of Study 4 buttons, , volume/tone knobs, ferrules, neck plate, screws, tuning machines, wire, fretboard, , truss rod, fret dots, bridge, and strings. In doing so, students will learn basic business math computation; how to create and use an Excel spreadsheet with formulas; how to search and locate specific items online; how to compare/contrast the quality vs. cost of different options for purchasing one specific part over another; make final selection decisions for each part; and identify each component of the electric guitar anatomy.

Guitar Body Shape and Material Project - Student choice will drive this activity. Students may choose to research their favorite guitar musician, different types of plucked string instruments (ukulele, bass guitar, bluegrass guitar, electric guitar or acoustic guitar) or a specific fashion of music. Students will derive a relationship between favorite types of woods for the guitar body (extension for the fret board) and shapes for the best sound. Students will develop a “claim” for the best composition of parts for their given choice. In all projects, the guitar body will be defined and a laser cut model will be produced for props during the gallery walk. Digital skills that will be focused on in this assignment are utilizing tutorials on how to create a multimedia product for sharing information via a Podcast or TED talk

Industrial Arts Skills: Laser cutter and accompanying software

Unit 2 Guitar body and headstock design

Unit description In this unit, students will select a guitar body and design a headstock design for their initial guitar build. The importance of uniformity and tolerances will be applied based on their prior research and additional resources provided. Students will review videos on how to best sculpt guitar bodies in order to make sound decisions regarding the tools and skills they want to utilize for their design. Resources will be provided to inform students regarding the variety of body and head shapes.

Learning Objectives: 1. Students will identify the various ways that tolerances are specified on a technical drawing. 2. Students will calculate the minimum and maximum size of a part or location based on the specified tolerance. 3. Students will specify dimensional tolerances based using available engineering information. 4. Students will apply polygon properties and scale by creating a scaled drawing of a guitar shape, dividing the irregular guitar shape into polygons and circle sectors, then measuring, calculating, and combining the individual areas. 5. Students solve real-world mathematical problems involving the surface area of two-dimensional objects by determining the total surface area of a guitar body.

Example assignments Guitar Body Geometry : Students will investigate how the golden ratio can be used as a basic guide for guitar design. The Golden Ratio, also known as the divine proportion, is a design resource used for millennia, since ancient Greece times.

Detailed assignment description: Tolerances in Engineering Drawings activity: When looking at engineering drawings of a guitar or guitar components, the size and location of all the features of a design will be shown using dimensions. The dimensions tell us the theoretically perfect size or location using a single number. However, nothing can be made perfectly since variations in material and processes create slight imperfections no matter how hard we try. Even when we can create something almost perfectly, it is often too time consuming or expensive to do it on a mass production scale. That’s why we must specify tolerances on drawings. Tolerances are the allowable amount of variation in a size or location of a dimension. The amount of imperfection that is acceptable without compromising the Guitar Engineering Course of Study 5 performance of a design must be specified for each dimension value. When creating an assembly of multiple parts, all the parts must fit even though they are not a “perfect” size. Engineers and designers must tell those that are manufacturing the parts what the acceptable deviation is from the specified or theoretically perfect size. Sometimes the same tolerance may be applied to all dimensions and sometimes the tolerance is specified next to each dimension. In this lesson, you will learn to identify tolerances on a drawing, calculate the acceptable dimension of a feature, and specify tolerances for dimensions using industry standards.

Industrial Arts Skills: Band saws and sanders

Videos: Guitar Sculpting Wood Repair

Unit 3 Ethics of sustainable woods

Unit description Students will earn a variety of traits and characteristics of wood species in order to make informed decisions regarding wood sources. In addition, students will question whether or not different types of wood make for different quality and sounding instruments. Before students paint their guitars, they must learn how to sue the drill to make the hole for the jack. Then students will learn how to make wood repairs before painting their guitars. Students will learn the chemistry involved in the painting process and how the paint adheres to the wood. Students will have choices about natural finished, solid body color and swirl painting.

Learning Objectives: 1. Identify a wood species based on color, grain and figuring 2. Use the Janka scale to arrange a selection of woods in order of increasing hardness 3. Calculate the quantity, in board-feet, of a sample of lumber 4. Calculate the density of lumber, in pounds-per-board-foot, for a sample of lumber 5. Calculate the cost for an order of lumber, based on cost-per-board-foot 6. Know the implications of CITES regulations on the trade of lumber across the globe 7. Recognize notation for surfacing when placing a lumber order 8. Accurately measure the dimensions of various wood samples. 9. Accurately measure deflections of cantilevered wood samples. 10. Calculate the modulus of elasticity for various wood samples. 11. Calculate the stiffness/weight ratio for various wood samples.

Example assignments Swirl Painting Chemistry Research: Importing Case Study Material Properties of Wood for Guitars activity

Detailed assignment description: Know Your Lumber Activity with Assessment for Mrs. C When a student builds an electric guitar in this program, they are getting a hands-on introduction to a minimum of two wood species. This activity will give students an opportunity to learn about the woods that compose their instrument. Characteristics that will be explored include: Native Region; Scarcity/Sustainability; Relative Hardness; Density; Common Uses; Color, Grain and Figuring; Cost. Students will learn about CITES regulation, the Janka hardness scale, board-foot calculations for both quantity and cost, density calculations and lumber grading for both Guitar Engineering Course of Study 6 quality and surfacing.

Industrial Arts Skills: use of electrical hand drills

Videos: Jack Hole and Wire Run Drilling Wood Repair Swirl Dipping Technique

Unit 4 Neck assembly and fabrication

Unit description Throughout history, specific spacing for each fret of a stringed instrument necessitates a precise measurement based on the exact scale length of the individual instrument. A guitar's scale length is calculated by measuring the distance from the front edge of the nut, where it butts against the end of the , to the center of the 12th (octave) fret, then doubling that measurement. Measurement of the precise locations of on a guitar fretboard is essential to creating an instrument that plays in tune.The neck of the electric guitar requires the most accuracy in the entire build. Students learn how the neck attaches to the guitar and then mount the raw fretboard. Calculating the fret spacing requires practice and precision in order for the instrument to sound true. Students will be assessed on their calculations before placing and filing their frets to be soft under the fingerpads. A series of videos will allow students to learn and review until they are comfortable and competent in this skill.

Learning Objectives: 1. Students will be able to apply mathematical concepts of stringed instrument scale length by interpreting, explaining, solving, and using an equation for calculating fret spacing. 2. Students will be able to determine accurate fret locations by calculating the exact fret locations for the first five fret positions when given a specific scale length of a stringed instrument.

Example assignments Neck Assembly activity: Watch: 1. 2015 Guitar Neck and Fretboard Assembly Part 1 2. 21 Fret Neck assembly Part 2 – Fret Dots 3. 21 Fret Neck Assembly Part 3 – Fret Radius Sanding

Fret Spacing Calculation Activity and Pre Assessment Fret Activity

Detailed assignment description Fret Spacing Mathematics Activity This activity produces a guitar which has all of its frets located in the proper place along the neck such that the instrument plays in tune in all positions. Throughout history, specific spacing for each fret of a stringed instrument necessitates a precise measurement based on the exact scale length of the individual instrument. Pythagoras was the first known person to experiment with musical scalar intervals near 500 BC. Later, in the 16th century, Galileo’s father, Vincenzo Galilei, was credited with developing the "Rule of 18," used for centuries by instrument makers to determine the fret scale length of their instruments. For any given vibrating string length they would simply divide the length of the string by 18, yielding the distance from the nut to the first fret. By subtracting that figure from the original string length they arrived at a new shorter scale measurement, which was then divided once again by 18 and resulted in the distance between the first and second frets. They continued in this manner until the entire scale was determined. Over the years the constant divisor 18 has been Guitar Engineering Course of Study 7 refined to 17.817 (derived from a formula based on 21/12 , or the 12th root of 2) resulting in more accurate scales.

Industrial Arts Skills: filing specialty tools for the frets

Unit 5 Electronics

Unit description Building a speaker will introduce students to the relationship between magnetism and electricity and circuit building. Students will learn design software in order to laser cut materials to build their own speaker. Students will learn how to solder and build circuits in this introductory activity before moving onto their guitars. Students will engage in the design and function of an electric guitar control circuit. Students will learn about individual electronic components, and understand how to assemble an electric guitar control circuit according to a circuit diagram. Proper wire stripping, grounding and soldering techniques will also be highlighted.

Learning Objectives 1. Describe the interaction between a conductive coil, a variable voltage (audio signal), and a nearby magnet in the context of a speaker design. 2. Describe the similarities between speaker construction and operation to that of an electric guitar pickup (solenoid vs. inductor) 3. Describe how an electric guitar pickup induces an electric current that is in keeping with the activity of a nearby, ferromagnetic guitar string. 4. Students will plan the assembly of components according to a wiring diagram. 5. Students will properly solder components together into a wiring harness. 6. Students will use Ohm’s law to quantify the effect of a resistor on voltage and current within a circuit. 7. Students will use Ohm’s Law to estimate values in a voltage divider circuit using a potentiometer. 8. Students will utilize proper wire stripping, soldering and grounding techniques.

Example assignments A Prelude to Pickups Activity and Assessment for Mrs. C Electronics circuit path and pictorial activity with assessment Electronics slideshow Threaded Fasteners activity and assessment for Mrs. C

Detailed assignment description Tooth Tunes Activity with Assessment In this activity, students will have a physical experience that solidifies their understanding of the electric and magnetic field behavior that is associated with amplified audio signals and loudspeakers. Ideally, students will have already had some exposure to speaker construction and the right hand rule for solenoids. The inner-workings of a guitar pickup, which depend on a fluctuating magnetic field to induce a current, will come into clearer focus as a result of completing this physically engaging activity.

Unit Project: Build A Speaker Activity: Students will recycle old speakers or purchase new ones to install into their personally designed speaker housing. Students will learn how to use the design software for the laser cutter. Materials will be up to the student choice of recycled or new materials such as thin sheets of plywood that are laminated together. Circuit building will facilitate lessons on the effects of magnetic fields in the electrical circuits.

Videos: Video: How Guitar Pickups Work - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfkX-fgmIbc Soldering and Wiring Techniques Guitar Engineering Course of Study 8

Industrial Arts Skills: Soldering, Laser cutter operation and design, lamination Unit 6 Assembly

Unit description Assembly of the guitar will be completed in this unit. Students will begin by learning about threaded fasteners and hardware installation prior to the pickup assembly. Students will relate scale length, frequency to string tension. Once the neck is attached, compression tests and tension tests will be performed on the necks. Once the guitar passes the sounds check, students can finish their guitar with a good buffer. After completing the intonation activity, students will finish with the string and nut setups. Once they are able to play a well tuned guitar, students will present to each other in the form of a gallery walk. Each student will present what they have learned in prior research projects and activities and how these concepts led to their final choices in design. In addition, students will present how the guitar works to produce sound and how the sound should be pleasing to the ear.

Learning Objectives 1. Students will identify machine threads, wood screw threads, and sheet metal threads. 2. Students will identify different heads for threaded fasteners. 3. Students will select drill sizes for through and threaded holes. 4. Students will decode thread notation. 5. Students will state the importance of selecting the proper tool for inserting and removing threaded fasteners. 6. Students will apply the mathematical concepts of scale length by determining the exact scale length of their own guitars. 7. Students will apply the mathematical concepts of string tension by interpreting, explaining, and solving an equation for calculating string tension. 8. Students will derive an equation for the unit weight of a guitar string by rewriting a math formula to highlight a quantity of interest. 9. Students will assemble a complete neck in a 3D CAD software package 10. Students will test the finite element analysis of the neck 11. Students will determine the amount of force needed to deflect the neck and / or break the neck 12. Students will use an electronic tuner to adjust bridge saddles to shorten or lengthen a guitar string such that the distance from the nut to the 12th fret is musically identical to the distance between the 12th fret to the saddle. 13. Students will read and follow instructions. (See Guitar Set Up PowerPoint on guitarbuilding.org) 14. Students will differentiate between a properly set-up guitar and a poorly set-up guitar. 15. Students will take accurate measurements ranging from .010” - .080”. 16. Students will identify causes of “fret buzz” and determine appropriate techniques for addressing it.

Example assignments Threaded Fasteners activity and assessment: Fasteners are used throughout the electric guitar and in all areas of industry. There are a variety of fasteners on a guitar; being able to identify, size and drill the proper pilot holes is important so as to not break the screw. This activity will have students identifying the various threaded the following attributes: application type, head, length, diameter, thread, material.

The Compression and Tension of a Neck activity: Changing the tension on a truss rod means that you are changing the curvature of the neck? How much force is needed to change the neck? Using Finite element analysis to calculate the force needed to bend a guitar neck. Included is a complete set of inventor assembly / part drawings to assemble a basic neck (do not use it to carve or router a neck).

Intonation activity and Assessment for Mrs. C Guitar Engineering Course of Study 9

Setup activity and Assessment

Detailed assignment description Scale Length, Frequency, & String Tension activity and assessment String tension can be determined by vibrating length, mass, and pitch. The string diameter alone does not determine a string’s tension. By using different raw materials (nickel-plated steel or phosphor bronze, etc.) or by varying the ratio between the core and the wrap wire, two strings with the same diameter, tuned to the same pitch, could have two different tensions.

There are many factors other than string gauge that determine the actual and perceived string tension on your instrument, such as scale length, which is the distance between the nut and the saddle. The longer the scale, the higher the tension for the same string tuned to the same pitch – for example, a standard FenderTM guitar at 251⁄2” scale has more string tension and will feel stiffer than a standard GibsonTM 243⁄4” scale guitar, even if both are tuned to the same standard pitch. Some players adjust for this by using slightly heavier gauges on shorter scale guitars than on longer scale guitars.

Videos: Hardware installation 2012 Assembling the Pickups to the Pickup Rings Guitar Finishing Video – Buffing with no Buffer Stringing Your Guitar Tuning Your Guitar

Industrial Arts Skills: buffing Unit 7 Utilizing CNC technology

Unit description Students learn the software to use the CNC machine. Either through CAD/CAM software or other freeware, students will design a product that relates to music. Additionally training for the 3D printer will allow students to fully explore in their capstone projects and have access to all the tools in the fabrication lab.

Learning Objectives: 1. Students will determine the measurements of size and location of the mounting holes and other features of the guitar plate. 2. Students will review a CAD software drawing of a guitar neck mounting plate or similar object with the intent of manufacturing that part. 3. Students will devise a manufacturing plan including machine applications. 4. Students will develop a tool list with calculated speed and feed requirements for the tools used in the manufacture of the product.

Detailed assignment description: Online CAD/CAM activity Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computer systems to assist in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. CAD software is used to increase the productivity of the designer, improve the quality of design, improve communications through documentation, and to create a database for manufacturing. CAD output is often in the form of electronic files for 3D printing, CNC machining, or other manufacturing operations. CAD software for mechanical design uses either vector-based graphics (X/Y/Z data) to depict the objects of traditional drafting, or may also produce raster graphics (Pictures and images) showing the overall appearance of designed objects. As in the manual drafting of technical drawings, the output of CAD must convey information, Guitar Engineering Course of Study 10 such as materials, processes, dimensions, and tolerances, according to application-specific standards (see, ASME Y14.5). CAD is an important industrial tool widely used in many industries, including commercial products, automotive, boat building, and aerospace industries, mechanical/industrial and architectural design, BioTech, and many more. CAD is also widely used to produce computer animation for special effects in movies, advertising and technical manuals, often called DCC Digital content creation.

Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) is the use of computer software to control machine tools and related machinery in the manufacturing of workpieces. CAM may also refer to the use of a computer to assist in all operations of a manufacturing plant, including planning, management, transportation and inventory control. Its primary purpose is to create a faster production process and to produce components and tooling with more precise dimensions and consistency. CAM is a computer-aided process using information created during design and testing of a computer-aided design (CAD) model. The model generated in CAD can be uploaded into CAM software, which then produces codes to control the machine tool. Traditionally, CAM has been considered as a numerical control (CNC) programming tool, where in two-dimensional (2-D) or three-dimensional (3-D) models of components generated in CAD software are used to generate G-code or M-code etc., which may be company/controller specific, to drive computer numerically controlled (CNC) machines. As with other “Computer-Aided” technologies, CAM does not eliminate the need for skilled professionals such as manufacturing engineers, NC programmers, or machinists. CAM, in fact, leverages both the value of the most skilled manufacturing professionals through advanced productivity tools, while building the skills of new professionals through visualization, simulation and optimization tools.

In this lesson, you will learn to identify part features, dimensions and tolerances on a CAD drawing, develop an acceptable plan of manufacturing process and tooling expected of a feature, and specify speed and feed calculations for the features using industry standards.

Industrial Arts Skills: CAD/CAM with the CNC machine, 3 D printing Unit 8 Effecting change in our community through music

Unit description Students will explore the historical role music has played in human civilization from gospel music rooted in American slavery to the civil rights movement to the current Black Lives Matter and AAPI movements. By challenging themselves to affect change for the better in their local or global communities through music, students will design their own project utilizing at least two of the skills learned throughout the curriculum.

Learning Objectives: 5. Students will determine how they can effect change by identifying a social problem and propose a solution. 6. Students will identify a target population and intended impact. 7. Students will devise a manufacturing plan including machine applications. 8. Students will develop a method for connecting with the target population. 9. Students will present their solution.

Example Assignment: American Experience: Soundtrack for a Revolution PBS

A Moment in Time activity and gallery walk: After watching the movie, students will choose a specific time. Population, artist or music genre or political action to investigate music’s role in that theme. Then a gallery will be made and students will share the connections they discovered. Figures who made change will be highlighted Guitar Engineering Course of Study 11 and the tools they utilized in order to effect change will be on display.

Detailed assignment description: Capstone Project: Students will discover how they can affect change (and give back to the community) by using the knowledge, design/engineering skills, and research techniques learned in this class. First, students will identify a social problem, and solve that problem and propose a solution using the knowledge and skills learned in the class. Students will predict their project’s impact, and explain their rationale. Students will explore what kind(s) of impact will their project have on someone. Impacting one person can be as important as impacting a group or an entire community. Projects can impact an individual, a local community, or the global community. At the end of the design and creation phase, students will present that solution to a committee of musicians, journalists, and media/tech professionals

End-of-Semester and End-of-Course Assessments

End-of-Semester Assessment: Students will present their speaker prototypes from the Build A Speaker Activity. By participating in gallery walks, students will receive feedback regarding the engineering concepts they illustrated throughout their presentations. This process of presenting and receiving feedback will prepare students for their capstone projects.

End-of-Course Assessment: Capstone Project: Students will discover how they can affect change (and give back to the community) by using the knowledge, design/engineering skills, and research techniques learned in this class. First, students will identify a social problem, solve that problem, and propose a solution using the knowledge and skills learned in the class. Students will predict their project’s impact, and explain their rationale. Students will explore what kind(s) of impact will their project have on someone. Impacting one person can be as important as impacting a group or an entire community. Projects can impact an individual, a local community, or the global community. At the end of the design and creation phase, students will present that solution to a committee of musicians, journalists, and media/tech professionals

Course Materials

Primary Activities from http://guitarbuilding.org Textbooks: none Website: http://guitarbuilding.org Supplemental Materials: activities and videos from http://guitarbuilding.org