Google, OK Go Partner to Get Students Excited About STEM

Google has teamed up with the stone ring OK Get to get students excited almost science, technology, applied science, and mathematics.

Together, they just unveiled the OK Get Sandbox, a collection of free design challenges, guides, worksheets, and other materials for 1000-12 teachers. Created in collaboration with Dr. AnnMarie Thomas, head of the Playful Learning Lab at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, and Google'southward Science Journal squad, these resources leverage OK Go's music videos to teach STEM concepts.

In their video for "Needing/Getting," for instance, the ring turns a car into a musical instrument. Using resources in the OK Go Sandbox, teachers can explore similar concepts in the classroom, challenging their students to "discover the musical qualities of diverse everyday objects and put them to use." For more about the project, check out the video beneath.

In a Th blog post, OK Get frontman Damian Kulash said he's heard from a number of educators over the years who have used the band'south music videos in their classrooms. To create this new resource, the band and Thomas set up a survey request educators for their ideas and received "nigh a thousand" responses in a few days.

"Whether nosotros're exploring frame rates by making flip books, or using a light sensor to make music … we hope that the challenges in the OK Go Sandbox help stoke marvel and encourage learning through joy and wonder," Kulash wrote.

Meanwhile, the launch of OK Go Sandbox comes at a perfect time as March happens to be Music in Our Schools Month. To celebrate the occasion, Google also recently launched a neat browser-based tool that lets anyone become a musician. Dubbed Song Maker, the tool lets y'all easily make music through fun experiments and share your creations with friends.

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Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag's proficient on fitness and smart home products. Teaching yoga for nearly x years has helped her in evaluating a range of connected wellness products including fitness trackers, eye rate monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, force training machines, treadmills, and more. Angela also tests smart domicile devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, merely to proper noun a few.