About This Resource The first time my students performed o, alileo! by Mark Burrows, y absolutely fell in love with songs and characters. After three years, those former second grade students were still singing about how Pluto will always be a planet to m. As a result of ir enthusiasm, I decided to write a script to accompany songs. When it comes to getting students excited about science, putting m in lab coats to become great scientists of past is hard to beat. This production can serve as hook used to garner student interest, or as a culminating experience for a science unit. It serves as a wonderful tool in implementing S.T.E.A.M. initiative as well. Science air Spectacular is designed so that you will have ability to customize performance to fit your needs and situations. eel free to cut a section of dialogue and its corresponding song to accommodate your timeframe. Of course, you can expand your cast to include as many chorus members as you need. This musical does not require fancy staging or elaborate sets. It can be performed in various locations from a gymnasium to a cafeteria to an auditorium basically anywhere that you have a little space and access to a sound system! Additionally, we have included a Production uide (see page 4) which includes simple staging and costume ideas. or your convenience, you will also find reproducible haracter Lists and Assignment Letters (to send home), Student Scripts, Lyrics Pages, and Scores. To top it all off, re are even customizable program and poster templates to make your ob as easy as possible and take your musical production to next level of cool! Break a leg! 2
ontents Production uide...4 Timeline........................4 Stage Design........................4 ostumes and Props........................4 ast of haracters........................6 omplete Script D Tracks Dialogue 1...1...7 Surfin Through Science of Sound...2/22...8 Dialogue 2...3...11 Imagination is More Important than Knowledge...4/23...12 Dialogue 3...5...16 Solid, Liquid, as...6/24...18 Dialogue 4...7...21 Ode to Pluto...8/25...23 Dialogue 5...9... 28 Radioactivity...10/26...29 Dialogue 6...11...32 Evolution...12/27... 34 Dialogue 7...13...37 Three Laws of Motion...14/28...39 Dialogue 8...15...43 The Peanut...16/29... 44 Dialogue 9...17...47 New Revolution...18/30... 48 Dialogue 10...19...51 o, alileo!...20/31...52 Dialogue 11...21...55 D ontents The Science air Spectacular D contains both audio and data files for your convenience. The audio files will play in any device like a regular D, and data files can be accessed from any computer by selecting View iles option. You will need a PD reader, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded at no cost by visiting www.adobe.com. Reproducible Data iles haracter List and Assignment orm Reproducible Student Script Reproducible Student Vocal Scores Reproducible Lyric Sheets Digital Templates Included on D Program Template Poster Templates (in various sizes and color options) 3
Perf. 2 Acc. 22 Surfin Through Science of Sound We re goin surfin on a sound wave. It s gonna be a blast! Eleven hundred, fifteen eet-per-second sure is fast. We ll see how pitches are connected To an obect s size. The longer obects make lows, The shorter ones, highs. ood vibrations all around. We re hangin ten through symphonies With percussion, winds, and strings. We ll see how almost ev ry Instrument has two main things. A source to put out good vibrations, Where pitch is made. And n a resonator Amplifies pitch that s played. ood vibrations all around. Let s catch a wave through loud and soft sounds, And measure what we hear. With decibels we ll show Pressure sounds put on ear. A whisper measures twenty dbs; orty for house-hold sounds. A rock n roll show at one-twenty Makes your eardrums pound. ood vibrations all around. 8 2008 Heritage Music Press, a division of The Lorenz orporation. The original purchaser of Science air Spectacular by Sonya Piper with music by
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17 19 21 long - n rock er a n ob - res - roll b ects o - show D 7 short - fies makes 6 er your ones, pitch ear - that s drums highs. played. pound. make na - at tor lows, am - one - twen - Œ Ó pli - ty 23 25 27 29 Surf - in through Surf - in through 7 Surf - in through 6 Surf - in through D ood vi - bra - tions sci - ence of sound. Œ sci - ence of sound. Œ sci - ence of sound. Œ sci - ence of sound. 7 all a - round. Œ repeat twice (to m. 1) Œ. 31 Surf - in through sci - ence of sound. 10 2008 Heritage Music Press, a division of The Lorenz orporation. The original purchaser of Science air Spectacular by Sonya Piper with music by
3 Dialogue 2 udges, carrying ir clipboards, walk over to Albert Einstein s two display boards. The first one is titled: Imagine if e=mc 2. UDE 1: EINSTEIN: UDE 2: EINSTEIN: UDE 3: EINSTEIN: UDE 1: EINSTEIN: So, Albert Einstein, we see you have two science proects here today. You must be very talented in science. I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. * Tell us about your proect. It s about first step in scientific method. Oh, and what would that be? Imagination! I thought it was question or purpose? Well sure, but before you can question something or have a purpose statement, you have to use your imagination! Where would all se scientists be if y didn t have imagination to think beyond what is accepted? Imagination is everything. It is preview of life s coming attractions. * * These quotes are direct quotes by Albert Einstein. Sing Imagination is More Important than Knowledge. 11
Perf. 4 Acc. 23 Imagination is More Important than Knowledge It s mindset that gets things done rom kindergarten to college. How else would Einstein have ever dared To come up with E equals m c squared? It s mindset that gets things done rom kindergarten to college. How else would Doppler have ever found That changes in wavelength affect sound? We need knowledge ev ry day. It s a very useful tool, That keeps us grounded in reality. But imagination takes us to Places yet unknown, Where we are free to wonder what could be. It s mindset that gets things done rom kindergarten to college. How else would enner have ever seen That he could save many lives with vaccines? 12 2008 Heritage Music Press, a division of The Lorenz orporation. The original purchaser of Science air Spectacular by Sonya Piper with music by
Perf. 4 Acc. 23 Imagination is More Important than Knowledge alypso q = 130 4 7 Ó Œ Im - 5 ag - i - na - tion is 7 more im - por - tant than. knowl- edge. 8 7 It s mind - set that 7 gets things done from 11 kin - der - gar - ten to 7 col - lege. Œ 13 15 1. How else 2. How else would would Dop Ein - - come chang - up es stein pler with E e - in wave - length have have quals af - ev - ev - m fect er er c Dm dared found squared? sound? to that Im - 2008 Heritage Music Press, a division of The Lorenz orporation. The original purchaser of Science air Spectacular by Sonya Piper with music by 13
17 ag - i - na - tion is more im - por - tant than 19.. knowl - edge. 1 2 We need knowl - edge 23 ev - ry day. It s a ver - y use - ful tool, 25 Πthat keeps us ground - ed in re - al - i - 28 w 7 ty. But im - ag - i - 31 na - tion takes us to plac - es yet un - known, 33 Πn where we are free to won - der what could 14 2008 Heritage Music Press, a division of The Lorenz orporation. The original purchaser of Science air Spectacular by Sonya Piper with music by
36 w be. Ó Œ Im - ag - i - na - tion is 39 7 more im - por - tant than 7. knowl - edge. 42 7 It s mind - set that gets things done from kin - der - gar - ten to 45 7 col - lege. Œ How else would en - ner have 47 Dm ev - er seen that he could save man - y lives 49 with vac - cines? Im - ag - i - na - tion is 51. more im - por - tant than knowl - edge. 2008 Heritage Music Press, a division of The Lorenz orporation. The original purchaser of Science air Spectacular by Sonya Piper with music by 15