Launch
Launch
Students will explore connections among sound, rhythm, pattern, line, shape, color, and mood; gather initial feedback; and learn how their GarageBand songs and foam-print album covers will serve a lower elementary audience.
Days 1 - 2
Research & Listen
Research & Listen
Students will practice evidence-based listening and viewing, gather firsthand responses from classmates, lower elementary representatives, musicians, and visual artists, and synthesize their findings into an empathy map and audience-needs summary.
Days 3 - 5
Ideate & Prototype
Ideate & Prototype
Students will turn audience evidence into a focused design brief, generate distinct audio-visual concepts, and build low-fidelity GarageBand and foam-print prototypes. They will test their prototypes with peers and community artists, complete two feedback-based iterations, and select an evidence-supported direction for refinement.
Days 6 - 8
Refine & Present
Refine & Present
Students will refine their GarageBand songs and foam-print album covers through peer and expert critique, validate their design decisions with a representative audience member, and prepare an accessible Sound and Print Gallery for the final showcase.
Days 9 - 11
Showcase
Showcase
Students will host a hallway Sound and Print Gallery for lower elementary classes, musicians, and visual artists, present their connected artwork and music, gather audience evidence, and reflect on their design journey.
Day 12
Launch
Days 1–2
Day 1
π¨ Kandinsky Sound-Drawing Lab
Launch
58m
Day 2
π΅ Artist-Musician Matching Challenge
Community Experience
60m
Research & Listen
Days 3–5
Day 3
π§ Listening Tests: Evidence, Not Guesses
Knowledge/Skill Building
55m
Day 4
π€ Artist and Audience Interviews
Community Experience
60m
Day 5
πΊοΈ Empathy Map and Audience Needs
Deliverable
60m
Ideate & Prototype
Days 6–8
Day 6
π― Audience Evidence Shapes Concepts
Knowledge/Skill Building
55m
Day 7
ποΈ GarageBand and Foam Prototype Lab
Knowledge/Skill Building
60m
Day 8
π§ Two-Round Prototype Listening Critique
Community Experience
65m
Refine & Present
Days 9–11
Day 9
π§ GarageBand and Foam-Print Critique
Knowledge/Skill Building
55m
Day 10
π¨ Musician-Artist Revision Studio
Community Experience
60m
Day 11
πΌοΈ Sound and Print Gallery Test
Deliverable
60m
Showcase
Days 12–12
Day 12
π§ Sound and Print Gallery Showcase
Assessment
60m
October 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
12
Day 1
Launch
π¨ Kandinsky Sound-Drawing Lab
13
Day 2
π΅ Artist-Musician Matching Challenge
14
Day 3
Research & Listen
π§ Listening Tests: Evidence, Not Guesses
19
Day 4
π€ Artist and Audience Interviews
20
Day 5
πΊοΈ Empathy Map and Audience Needs
21
Day 6
Ideate & Prototype
π― Audience Evidence Shapes Concepts
26
Day 7
ποΈ GarageBand and Foam Prototype Lab
27
Day 8
π§ Two-Round Prototype Listening Critique
28
Day 9
Refine & Present
π§ GarageBand and Foam-Print Critique
November 2026
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
2
Day 10
π¨ Musician-Artist Revision Studio
3
Day 11
πΌοΈ Sound and Print Gallery Test
4
Day 12
Showcase
π§ Sound and Print Gallery Showcase