By 5th Grade

Students have already formed impressions about their abilities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. They are already choosing what they like and will pursue based on these self impressions.

Robot Domination

Robotics clubs dominate STEAM education programs; because they are fun, engaging, and apply STEAM skills - IF you are already excited about technical topics to sign up. What about programs for students who don’t identify as technically inclined?

 
 

The AirGlow Difference

STEAM Education “Techolettes” provide 1hr duration activities that teach math, physics, programming, and engineering using music and lights.

Become an AirGlow Master by walking through the provided tutorials that break down each feature and capability.

Make customized creations, perform, and share!

Pre-made patches and settings are available free of charge! To save customized creations, a subscription to Cycling’74 is required.

What Will I Learn?

AirGlow Instruments

  • Lead

  • Bass

  • Arpeggiator

  • Percussion

  • Looping + Play back

  • DAW Connectivity with MIDI and Open Sound Control

  • MIDI Mapping

AirGlow Tutorials

  • Lighting Control, Hue-Saturation-Volume, Patterns

  • AirGlow Sensors: Accelerometers, Gyroscopes, Pressure, Linear Motion, Hand Tracking, Glitter

  • Transforming sensors to control music, lights, and MIDI

  • Making sounds

  • MIDI Mapping and OSC to interact with Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) like Ableton Live and Logic.

Techolette Lessons and Concepts:

Intro to Motion Sensing

  • Control sound and light with motion

  • Learn to distinguish between Accelerometer and Gyroscope sensors

  • Learn Physics of G Force and rotational velocity

  • Learn the 3 axes of spatial motion X (roll), Y (pitch), and Z (yaw) and how each sensor behaves on each axis

  • Be able to choose the correct sensor and motion axis to solve a specific design objective

  • Learn the difference between Hue, Saturation, and Volume

  • Reinforce musical concepts of Scale, Key, and Amplitude

  • Design motion controlled visualizers and instruments

Intro to Musical Counting

  • Learn musical time, beat, and rhythm

  • Measure and bar lines

  • Symbols for beat and rest values

  • Time Signatures

  • Learn fractions of beats and divisions of musical time

  • Learn link.clocksource and link.beats objects

  • Program beat divisions using the Modulo math operator

  • Program rhythmic sequences

Intro to Scales

  • Learn basic scale concepts, sharps and flats

  • Learn Solfege syllables and pitch structure in Major and Minor keys

  • Distinguish between Pitch, Scale, Key, Tonic

  • Equate numbers 0 - 7 to scale degrees

  • Apply computational thinking to play scale pitches and sequences

  • Program the Airglow to pressure and fingerboard sensor to play notes on a scale

  • Distinguish between linear, random, and serial algorithms to generate scale pitch sequences.

Song Books 1 and 2

  • Fun introduction to the fret board

  • Learn to play songs following numbers, and colors

  • No need to learn musical notation to play

Just for fun

  • Become your favorite Sci-Fi character! Play with a laser sword and choose your color.

  • Master the built in laser blaster feature.

 
 

Software instalation

For a more comprehensive deep dive on setting up Airglow software check out Stratos Instrument GitHub