Theremin Building for NYC Mathematician STEM Project!
My students need a theremin building kit and amplifier to enhance their understanding of electronic circuitry, musicianship, and teamwork through STEM project-based learning!
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Seymour's classroom raised $613
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
Imagine being able to build a captivating, unique instrument that seemingly creates music out of thin air. With your help, my 7th-grade math students will be achieving just that, while learning about circuitry, precision engineering, and teamwork by building a theremin!
My NYC students come from low-income homes and arrive at school looking to better themselves through visualizing, enacting, and accomplishing their dreams.
In developing a love of math and creativity, they are bound to succeed! My students love music and technology! With these interests I aim to grow their love of the beautiful worlds of mathematics, technology, and engineering.
I aim to one day build an entire school that teaches math through music and film production, though I'm taking this one project at a time. A theremin building kit is a small part of a larger dream project that will have students seeing MATH as a functional language through which they can express their imagination. With this kit and amplifier, my students will build an invention created by Leon Theremin, a pioneer of electrical engineering and technological innovation. They will be learning translatable engineering, technology, and math skills that will directly influence their ability to lead fulfilling lives.
My Project
The theremin, if you haven't heard of one, is an absolutely mystifying creation that allows the player to create music without any physical contact with the instrument. This amazing device is a kinesthetic learner's dream! It really is amazing that a kit such as this one exists. If it weren't for Robert Moog, a NYC electronics innovator, and his father passionately building these kits, we wouldn't have an opportunity such as this. Please help us experience the wonder and awe of technology and invention that Robert Moog helped pioneer by giving the gift of craftsmanship, musicianship, and electrical engineering skill-building to my students by providing them with a theremin building kit and amplifier.
My students learn through many, many modalities; some being visual, musical, and tactile learners.
When this project is brought to life, my students will be able to grasp concepts of electrical engineering, technology, and invention--all in a seventh-grade math classroom! I want to give my students the ability to succeed in a creative, thought-inspiring, and beautiful classroom that allows them to gain useful and translatable skills.
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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