[PAEE] Night time sounds simulation

[Mr. Henshue]

John
Well, the listserve did not send my message, and it has been more  
than a couple of days. It said it was too big, so if you want a copy  
of the track I TRIED to include, just email me.
Let me know how your program goes. Anyone else have ideas?
-h


On Jul 28, 2008, at 11:20 PM, Mr. Henshue wrote:

> John:
> Try "echoes of nature, american wilds"
> I use this in the background when students are working on labs, or  
> I want to set a certain tone for the lecture- here it is on amazon:  
> http://www.amazon.com/Echoes-Nature-American-Various-Artists/dp/ 
> B000001V37/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1217291525&sr=8-15
> And I have attached one of the tracks (even though it breaks almost  
> every copyright law in the universe or something like that...) just  
> so you can get a taste of it. You need to be careful with cd's like  
> this. Many of them are classical or new age music with wolves  
> howling in chorus, or frogs ribbeting along with the piano. I feel  
> they are a bit too... umm.... not really what I want to use with  
> high school students. I can get away with playing the Echoes cd  
> during the day, but I think there would be outright mutiny if they  
> had to listen to elk mating calls and harpsichords. The CD of night  
> sounds is a fun one to use as well. It is a standing joke among my  
> students for them to impersonate Lang Elliot with "hear how he  
> seems to say who cooks for YOU, who cooks for YOU NOW" They always  
> get a kick out of him...
> Also, are you inside or out? could you get your students to buy in  
> to coming back to school for a "nocturnal field trip"? this is one  
> of those things my list of lessons to try. (I am glad we teach 30  
> years, it will take that long to hit my whole list...) You could  
> build bat detectors (Bat Conservation Int'l has them for about  
> $300) but you can build one for $25, maybe less if you solicit  
> donations from the local Shack of Radios. here are the plans and  
> schematics.
> http://pw1.netcom.com/~t-rex/BatDetector.html
> You can also try "talking with the owls" with an owl hooter sold  
> for turkey hunting at sporting goods shops for $7.
> enjoy the track. There are many more on the cd, and they are all good.
>
>
> Nick Henshue
> Environmental Sciences
> Easton Area High School
>
> <07 Midnight Serenade.mp3.zip>

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