Wilkinsburg After School: Microphone Building
Students at Wilkinsburg after school program learned about the inside parts of a microphone and how it all works together. Building the microphones out of household materials using just two magnets, a length of copper wire, three washers, a nut, a bolt, plastic straw and cup. Then, after sanding off an insulating coating on their makeshift leads, they were able to test their finished DIY mics by connecting them to a mixer and speakers using alligator clips.
Wilkinsburg After School: Haiku Poems
Students wrote in haiku poem format. It consists of three lines with the first and last line having 5 moras, and the middle line having 7. A mora is a sound unit, much like a syllable, but is not identical to it.
Wilkinsburg After School: Basketball Game Shooting
Students discuss the high school basketball game at Wilkinsburg against Propel Andrew Street High School of Munhall.
Wilkinsburg After School: Radio Show
Students have radio talk about the past events on terrorism in Paris and about Sony making a movie about North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un.
Wilkinsburg After School: Police Brutality/Why We Are Scared of The Police
Students get into a deep conversation when talking about some events that happened over a couple weeks ago. They also talk on why they are scared of the police.