How do we interact with waves and energy?
– Murphy Elementary, Teacher Penny Shultz and Teaching Artist Gina Lee Robbins


The energy transferred through waves can affect who we are and how we express ourselves.




We discussed exploring the concept of waves and energy through crafting ceramic sound-makers and instruments, as well as some 2 dimensional printmaking techniques.




Students constructed 3 different sound makers out of terra cotta clay. These included bells, wherein students made pinched bell forms and clappers, rattles, that involved making a hollow form by joining 2 pinch pots and filling it with clay beads, and hand drums made by joining slab and press-molded forms for the base, and then stretching a goat skin over the base after firing.
Shifting with the pandemic.



