Description
The Tech Tunes STEM Lab is an innovative educational program that introduces children to fundamental music concepts through interactive, hands-on learning. By combining music, coding, electronics, and creative construction, kids build working models of musical instruments using cardboard and simple electronic components.
Each activity begins with an engaging introduction to a key music theory concept, followed by a step-by-step instrument-building process using easy-to-follow instructions.
Interactive Music & Coding Experience
Once the instrument is assembled, children:
🎵 Integrate conductive touch points to create an interactive playing surface.
🎵 Connect their instrument to a Micro:Bit microcontroller, which links to a computer.
🎵 Use the Scratch-based MindPlus programming environment to write simple code that generates sounds when they touch the conductive points.
🎵 Enhance their projects with animated visual elements, reinforcing musical themes and boosting engagement.
Hands-On Learning Through Play
By combining music theory, coding, animation, and hands-on construction, the Tech Tunes STEM Lab makes learning both fun and interactive. Children gain practical experience in:
✔ STEM-based creativity
✔ Basic electronics & circuits
✔ Programming & computational thinking
✔ Music composition & digital sound production
Musical Instruments Kids Can Build:
🎸 Guitar
🎺 Trumpet
🥁 Tambourine
🥁 Drum Set 1
🥁 Drum Set 2
🔔 Xylophone
🎹 Piano
The Tech Tunes STEM Lab is accompanied by 9 STEM educational activities, available on the STEM Education portal, offering structured lessons in music, coding, and creative engineering.
Perfect for students, educators, and young creators, this program inspires innovation, problem-solving, and a love for music and technology!
