Lesson Plan after the Lumonics Field Trip
Oral/Written/Art Activities
We recommend that you present this lesson plan to your students the same day or the next day after the field trip while it is still fresh in their minds. Please select the questions that you think are most relevant to your students.
We encourage you to think of any other additions to enhance the lesson plan and please share them with us at: lumonics@gmail.com
(some of the answers may have to be researched on the internet and some of the questions may be too complicated for the early grades)
Think of the artwork you saw at Lumonics and what geometric shapes you remember.
If you had to summarize your experience in one word, what would that word be?
How do the effects of light and sound influence our daily lives? What sounds please you? What sounds disturb you?
What makes Lumonics different from other art forms you have seen?
The music that you heard at Lumonics, composed by Dorothy Tanner and Marc Billard, was made using sound samples. Can you define what a sound sample is?
The original lighting of the sculptures was incandescent bulbs and fluorescent tubes. The art works that you saw at Lumonics have been converted to LEDs. What are some of the advantages of using LEDs?
Do you have a favorite light sculpture? Is it something you can draw?
