Towri Bush Tucker Garden: Soundscapes to identify place.

“Place of learning bounded by flowers and trees.”- Traditional Owners of the

land the Dharawal people.

What is a Soundscape?
“Sound, when understood as an environment, is a soundscape:
a powerful tool that helps humans relate to their surroundings.” - Marinna Guzy, 2017.

• Imagine this is the learning place you are currently in. Use this drawing as a sound map and follow the
key provided to show the difference between Natural, Man-made and other sounds. Students can either
use symbols or names to identify the sounds. (Example: ‘Bird flying’ or >;<)

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Animals in the Bush.ChezzyEm. DeviantArt.

htps://www.deviantart.com/art/Animals-in-the-
Key Bush-702434879
Natural Sounds Man-Made Sounds Other Sounds
In a sentence or dot points what story can you hear? You can link the sounds you heard to animals or something
that may explain itself? (e.g. Birds = Family, Home)

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Follow the same steps from the sound map above for the new learning place sound map below.

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SARF Jungle Background: abigbat. DeviantArt.
https://www.deviantart.com/art/SARF-Jungle-
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In a sentence or dot points what story does this place hold? Write below.
 Wollongong Botanical Gardens: Recording Sounds & Photos.
As part of your assessment due next week. You will be required to in small groups today. Record sounds and
capture photos that will represent your experience of the site visit through a story representation.

GROUP MEMBER NAME ROLE (PHOTOS/ SOUND)

Two members of the group will be expected to record sounds whilst the other two take photos. At each
place only two people will be recording visual and sensory. Whilst the other two follow and write down what
is being recorded below. Vice Versa at the other learning place.

Towri Bush Tucker Garden Rainforest Collection

Sounds

Photos

Reflection
What story are you trying to tell? Create a learning map below by graphically notating your soundscape. You
will need to demonstrate where the photos and sounds will be played through a key. If sounds are doubling
you will need to show how. Try to express the musical concepts throughout your composition through
symbols. An example is shown on the right.

Beginning of Final Graphic Notation/ Sound Map by

soundscape. Rebecca Civil
https://rebeccacivil.wordpress.com/category/
sonic-soundscape