====== BRAINBOX - YOUNG DANCERS: ======

HOW WE USE VIDEO TO HELP TEACH STEAM IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM

=== Students learn: ===
^Curriculum  ^Learning Activities          ^
|SCIENCE     |Real world experimental design and data collection |
|TECHNOLOGY  |Use technology for diagnosis and/or analysis of human movement      |
|ART         |How movement/balance can affect perception (and thus, choreography) |
|ENGINEERING |How to design and build diagnostic apparatus |
|MATHEMATICS |Methods of evaluation using authentic data   |

=== Q: Did Michael Jackson use Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths (STEM) to enhance his Art (STEAM)? ===

He was Michael Jackson. He could do anything.

So when fans saw him do the impossible on the dance floor, they never thought he had help.

But when the King of Pop and his dancers leaned at a gravity-defying 45 degrees in live performances of the 1987 hit "Smooth Criminal," it was [[http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/MichaelJackson/story?id=7941951&page=1|a secret gimmick]] -- not super-human talent -- that made it all possible. Source: {{ :brainbox:young-dancers:anti-gravity-shoes-michael-jackson.pdf |Copy of Patent Document}}

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Choose your favourite piece of dance music and design (choreograph) your own dance.

[[http://www.wikihow.com/Choreograph-a-Dance|{{ :learn:steam:brainbox:young-dancers:dance-station-640x360.jpg |STEAMpunk Young Dancers}}]]

**[[http://www.wikihow.com/Choreograph-a-Dance|HOW TO CHOREOGRAPH A DANCE (WITH PICTURES)]]**

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** Video 1. Blending music, technonology and choreography **
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** Video 2. Blending physics and choreography **
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** Video 3. Blending physics and choreography **
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** Video 4. How the above video was made**
  * IF UNABLE TO ACCESS YOUTUBE VIDEO TRY VIEWPURE:[[http://viewpure.com/WCwzaTPARtU|How the above video was made]]

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Based on your investigations/results, do you think that knowing more about science is useful for a dancer?

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