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class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:clamp(1.75rem, 3.2vw, 2.25rem);font-weight:700;letter-spacing:-0.02em;line-height:1.05\">Environment-Building With Sound<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#e1eefa;font-size:1.125rem\">Sound can turn a space into a place. Leave with a storyboard of your own space, with a technical overlay.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:0.9375rem\">Created by Billy Mark, Maro Kariya, and Ethan Marshall Cohen &nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp; 30-minute core session &nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp; 6 parts<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"st-strip wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:0.9375rem\"><strong>1 \u00b7 Imagine it (you are here)<\/strong> &nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp; 2 \u00b7 Hear it (opens Dec 5) &nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp; 3 \u00b7 Build it (opens Jan 2)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull st-whofor\" style=\"padding-top:48px;padding-right:32px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:32px;font-size:1.0625rem;line-height:1.65\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-698e8df0 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"border-radius:20px;border-left-color:#1e73be;border-left-width:4px;border-left-style:solid;background-color:#f3f6f9;padding-top:28px;padding-right:32px;padding-bottom:28px;padding-left:32px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"st-kicker has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#1e73be;font-size:0.8125rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase\">Who it\u2019s for<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:1.1875rem;line-height:1.55\">Made for the people who decide what a space sounds like: exhibit designers, educators and venue staff who make choices about sound in science centers, children\u2019s museums, and music and culture museums. Your guides are artists and designers who build immersive, interactive sound installations for public spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#495057\">No audio background needed; the tools are free and the technical parts are explained as you go.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:48px;padding-right:32px;padding-bottom:48px;padding-left:32px;font-size:1.0625rem;line-height:1.65\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-42ac54c1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-0054db45 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:28%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group st-card st-outline has-border-color has-background\" style=\"border-color:#f3f6f9;border-width:1px;border-radius:20px;background-color:#f3f6f9;padding-top:28px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:28px;padding-left:28px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#495057;font-size:0.8125rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase\">On this page<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#part-1\">1.1 &nbsp;Listen first<\/a> <span class=\"st-time\">~6 min<\/span><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"#part-2\">1.2 &nbsp;Why spatial sound?<\/a> <span class=\"st-time\">~6 min<\/span><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"#part-3\">1.3 &nbsp;Imagine the sound environment<\/a> <span class=\"st-time\">~6 min<\/span><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"#part-4\">1.4 &nbsp;Storyboard the visit<\/a> <span class=\"st-time\">~6 min<\/span><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"#part-5\">1.5 &nbsp;Add the technical overlay<\/a> <span class=\"st-time\">~4 min<\/span><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"#part-6\">1.6 &nbsp;Learn from built examples<\/a> <span class=\"st-time\">~2 min<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:0.9375rem;font-weight:600\"><a href=\"#materials\">Downloads and links<\/a><br><a href=\"#assignments\">Assignments<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#495057;font-size:0.8125rem\">Each part is marked <strong>At home<\/strong> (computer and headphones) or <strong>On site<\/strong> (in a real space), so you can plan your visits.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:72%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:1.5rem;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:-0.02em;line-height:1.2\">The parts<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group st-steps\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-a64237a6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:44px\">\n<p class=\"st-step-num has-text-align-center has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"border-radius:16px;color:#ffffff;background-color:#1e73be;font-size:0.875rem;font-weight:700\">1.1<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"part-1\" style=\"font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:700;line-height:1.2\">Listen first<\/h3>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#495057;font-size:0.875rem\"><span class=\"st-chip\">Anywhere<\/span> &nbsp;<span class=\"st-chip\">~6 min<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hearing is already spatial. Start with acoustic ecologist Bernie Krause\u2019s three families of sound: geophony (sounds of the earth), biophony (living things) and anthrophony (people and machines), and how to mark a sound on your listening map: position for where, dot size for how loud, a letter for its family.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then close your eyes for one minute and notice the sounds around you: what is in front or behind, to the side, above or below; near or far, quiet or loud; constant or coming and going; still or moving.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group st-card has-border-color has-background\" style=\"border-color:#f3f6f9;border-width:1px;border-radius:20px;background-color:#f3f6f9;padding-top:28px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:28px;padding-left:28px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border st-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/Module-1-Part-1-1-Slides.pdf?v=20261108\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/m1-part1-1-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Listen first: slide 1\" style=\"border-radius:12px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:0.9375rem\"><strong>Listen first<\/strong><br>8 slides \u00b7 about 6 min<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-a64237a6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:44px\">\n<p class=\"st-step-num has-text-align-center has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"border-radius:16px;color:#ffffff;background-color:#1e73be;font-size:0.875rem;font-weight:700\">1.2<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"part-2\" style=\"font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:700;line-height:1.2\">Why spatial sound?<\/h3>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#495057;font-size:0.875rem\"><span class=\"st-chip\">At home<\/span> &nbsp;<span class=\"st-chip\">~6 min<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We hear in every direction at once, and that is what makes a space feel like a place. Stereo puts sound on the arc between two speakers in front of you; a spatial <strong>sound environment<\/strong> joins many speakers so sound can come from anywhere around a visitor. Most venues already have speakers to build on: spatial audio can be additive.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A growing body of research suggests the same thing: the same content, placed spatially, brings more presence, attention and emotional engagement. In Sound Travels\u2019 own research with zoo and aquarium educators, positive sound experiences raised learning engagement noticeably, while negative ones had a much weaker effect. So designing the sounds people enjoy does more than only fixing the ones they don\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group st-card has-border-color has-background\" style=\"border-color:#f3f6f9;border-width:1px;border-radius:20px;background-color:#f3f6f9;padding-top:28px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:28px;padding-left:28px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border st-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/Module-1-Part-1-2-Slides.pdf?v=20261108\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/m1-part1-2-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Why spatial sound?: slide 1\" style=\"border-radius:12px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:0.9375rem\"><strong>Why spatial sound?<\/strong><br>6 slides \u00b7 about 6 min<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-a64237a6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:44px\">\n<p class=\"st-step-num has-text-align-center has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"border-radius:16px;color:#ffffff;background-color:#1e73be;font-size:0.875rem;font-weight:700\">1.3<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"part-3\" style=\"font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:700;line-height:1.2\">Imagine the sound environment<\/h3>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#495057;font-size:0.875rem\"><span class=\"st-chip\">At home<\/span> &nbsp;<span class=\"st-chip\">~6 min<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Start from the experience you want. Are you in a control room, a jungle, on a boat? Imagine it, and jot down five sounds.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then sort them with the <strong>sound tree<\/strong>. <strong>In situ<\/strong> (existing, on-site) sounds are already in the space; <strong>designed<\/strong> sounds are added through a system, recorded or synthesized. From here on, three terms: <strong>fixed media<\/strong> (a pre-rendered file), <strong>generative<\/strong> (made in real time by a music system) and <strong>responsive<\/strong> (changes when visitors interact with sensors). Finish with the four parameters of mixing in space, location, time, EQ and volume, and how moving sound can guide visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group st-card has-border-color has-background\" style=\"border-color:#f3f6f9;border-width:1px;border-radius:20px;background-color:#f3f6f9;padding-top:28px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:28px;padding-left:28px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border st-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/Module-1-Part-1-3-Slides.pdf?v=20261108\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/m1-part1-3-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Imagine the sound environment: slide 1\" style=\"border-radius:12px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:0.9375rem\"><strong>Imagine the sound environment<\/strong><br>7 slides \u00b7 about 6 min<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-a64237a6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:44px\">\n<p class=\"st-step-num has-text-align-center has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"border-radius:16px;color:#ffffff;background-color:#1e73be;font-size:0.875rem;font-weight:700\">1.4<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"part-4\" style=\"font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:700;line-height:1.2\">Storyboard the visit<\/h3>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#495057;font-size:0.875rem\"><span class=\"st-chip\">At home<\/span> &nbsp;<span class=\"st-chip\">~6 min<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now use your new vocabulary to design. Whether you\u2019re notating the current environment, conceiving a soundscape, or adding new concepts, the goal is a single-page sketch in four steps: <strong>the concept<\/strong> and its arc, <strong>zones<\/strong> (draw a circle for each), <strong>sounds<\/strong> (give each one an address, using one map key for the whole sheet) and <strong>the walk<\/strong> (one visitor, stop by stop: attract, hold, release).<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We follow one example all the way through: the Shoreline Room, the same shore sixty years apart.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group st-card has-border-color has-background\" style=\"border-color:#f3f6f9;border-width:1px;border-radius:20px;background-color:#f3f6f9;padding-top:28px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:28px;padding-left:28px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border st-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/Module-1-Part-1-4-Slides.pdf?v=20261108\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/m1-part1-4-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Storyboard the visit: slide 1\" style=\"border-radius:12px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:0.9375rem\"><strong>Storyboard the visit<\/strong><br>6 slides \u00b7 about 6 min<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-a64237a6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:44px\">\n<p class=\"st-step-num has-text-align-center has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"border-radius:16px;color:#ffffff;background-color:#1e73be;font-size:0.875rem;font-weight:700\">1.5<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"part-5\" style=\"font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:700;line-height:1.2\">Add the technical overlay<\/h3>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#495057;font-size:0.875rem\"><span class=\"st-chip\">At home<\/span> &nbsp;<span class=\"st-chip\">~4 min<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Put a system over the storyboard. You don\u2019t need to have all the technical answers, just clarity on how the content is created and where it\u2019s coming from. Draw where speakers (\u25ae) might go on your map in a second pen color, and mark how each sound plays in your sounds table: <strong>#<\/strong> fixed media, <strong>\u221e<\/strong> generative, <strong>\u21bb<\/strong> responsive.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parts 1.4 and 1.5 come together on one two-page field sheet: your assignment.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group st-card has-border-color has-background\" style=\"border-color:#f3f6f9;border-width:1px;border-radius:20px;background-color:#f3f6f9;padding-top:28px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:28px;padding-left:28px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border st-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/Module-1-Part-1-5-Slides.pdf?v=20261108\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/m1-part1-5-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Add the technical overlay: slide 1\" style=\"border-radius:12px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:0.9375rem\"><strong>Add the technical overlay<\/strong><br>5 slides \u00b7 about 4 min<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:0.9375rem\"><strong>Worksheets for parts 1.4 and 1.5<\/strong> \u00b7 two pages, single-sided is fine. No printer? Copy them onto any paper, or fill them in on a tablet.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/Module-1-Storyboard-Field-Sheet.pdf\" style=\"border-radius:999px;color:#ffffff;background-color:#1e73be;padding-top:14px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:14px;padding-left:24px;font-weight:600\">Field sheet (PDF)<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/Module-1-Shoreline-Room-Filled-In.pdf\" style=\"border-width:1.5px;border-radius:999px;padding-top:14px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:14px;padding-left:24px;font-weight:600\">Shoreline Room example (PDF)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-a64237a6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:44px\">\n<p class=\"st-step-num has-text-align-center has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"border-radius:16px;color:#ffffff;background-color:#1e73be;font-size:0.875rem;font-weight:700\">1.6<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"part-6\" style=\"font-size:1.25rem;font-weight:700;line-height:1.2\">Learn from built examples<\/h3>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#495057;font-size:0.875rem\"><span class=\"st-chip\">At home<\/span> &nbsp;<span class=\"st-chip\">~2 min<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our own immersive works, from generative water soundscapes to sensor-driven ecosystems: <a href=\"https:\/\/weathercitizen.media\/work\/tendrenetic\">Tendrenetic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/weathercitizen.media\/work\/norwest\">Self-responsivity within a resonant body<\/a>, Echosystems, <a href=\"https:\/\/marokariya.info\/ParkEchoes\">Park Echoes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/weathercitizen.media\/work\/pleinair\">Pleinair TV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hm5Y4mkM3dI\">Thirsty Machine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZIFhg6Zny3k\">Mirror Glyph<\/a> and Crickets of Semantra. Each lists its speaker format, so you can read it with your overlay in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group st-card has-border-color has-background\" style=\"border-color:#f3f6f9;border-width:1px;border-radius:20px;background-color:#f3f6f9;padding-top:28px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:28px;padding-left:28px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border st-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/Module-1-Part-1-6-Slides.pdf?v=20261108\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/m1-part1-6-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Learn from built examples: slide 1\" style=\"border-radius:12px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:0.9375rem\"><strong>Learn from built examples<\/strong><br>6 slides \u00b7 about 2 min<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:32px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:32px;font-size:1.0625rem;line-height:1.65\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-821c2a26 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"materials\" style=\"font-size:1.5rem;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:-0.02em;line-height:1.2\">Downloads and links<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#495057\">Everything for this module in one place: worksheets to print, slides, and the tools we use.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group st-card has-border-color has-background\" style=\"border-color:#dce3ea;border-width:1px;border-radius:20px;background-color:#ffffff;padding-top:28px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:28px;padding-left:28px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group st-res st-materials\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span class=\"st-chip\">Print<\/span>&nbsp; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/Module-1-Print-Packet.pdf\">Print packet: everything to print, in one file<\/a><\/strong><br><span style=\"color:#5c636a;font-size:0.9375rem\">The listening map and the two-page field sheet. Three pages, all single-sided.<\/span><\/li>\n\n<li><span class=\"st-chip\">Slides<\/span>&nbsp; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/Module-1-Slides.pdf?v=20261108\">All Module 1 slides in one file<\/a><\/strong><br><span style=\"color:#5c636a;font-size:0.9375rem\">Parts 1.1 to 1.6. Each part\u2019s slides are also linked in that part.<\/span><\/li>\n\n<li><span class=\"st-chip\">PDF<\/span>&nbsp; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/Module-1-Listening-Map.pdf\">Listening map<\/a><\/strong><br><span style=\"color:#5c636a;font-size:0.9375rem\">For part 1.1 and its assignment. Print up to three.<\/span><\/li>\n\n<li><span class=\"st-chip\">PDF<\/span>&nbsp; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/Module-1-Storyboard-Field-Sheet.pdf\">Field sheet, two pages<\/a><\/strong><br><span style=\"color:#5c636a;font-size:0.9375rem\">Your storyboard and technical overlay, for the assignment.<\/span><\/li>\n\n<li><span class=\"st-chip\">Example<\/span>&nbsp; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/Module-1-Listening-Map-Example.pdf\">The listening map, filled in<\/a><\/strong><br><span style=\"color:#5c636a;font-size:0.9375rem\">A worked example for part 1.1.<\/span><\/li>\n\n<li><span class=\"st-chip\">Example<\/span>&nbsp; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/soundtravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/11\/Module-1-Shoreline-Room-Filled-In.pdf\">The Shoreline Room, filled in<\/a><\/strong><br><span style=\"color:#5c636a;font-size:0.9375rem\">The worked example from parts 1.4 and 1.5.<\/span><\/li>\n\n<li><span class=\"st-chip\">Tool<\/span>&nbsp; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/anilcamci.github.io\/inviso-new\/\">Inviso<\/a><\/strong><br><span style=\"color:#5c636a;font-size:0.9375rem\">Free, browser-based tool for placing sounds around a listener. You\u2019ll use it in Module 2.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#1e73be;padding-top:32px;padding-right:32px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:32px;font-size:1.0625rem;line-height:1.65\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-51cb376a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"assignments\" style=\"font-size:1.5rem;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:-0.02em;line-height:1.2\">Your assignments<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6ae0d5e9 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group st-card has-border-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"border-color:#1965a8;border-width:1px;border-radius:20px;color:#ffffff;background-color:#1965a8;padding-top:28px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:28px;padding-left:28px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#bfe6ff;font-size:0.8125rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase\">Assignment 1 &nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp; Anywhere<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Repeat the listening exercise in two other spaces that differ in how much sound they have. Use a fresh listening map each time.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group st-card has-border-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"border-color:#1965a8;border-width:1px;border-radius:20px;color:#ffffff;background-color:#1965a8;padding-top:28px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:28px;padding-left:28px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#bfe6ff;font-size:0.8125rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase\">Assignment 2 &nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp; On site<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Print the two-page field sheet (single-sided is fine). In your space, listen for two minutes, then fill in page 1: the concept, the arc, and a circle for each zone.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group st-card has-border-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"border-color:#1965a8;border-width:1px;border-radius:20px;color:#ffffff;background-color:#1965a8;padding-top:28px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:28px;padding-left:28px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#bfe6ff;font-size:0.8125rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase\">Assignment 3 &nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp; At home<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fill in page 2: your sounds, one visitor\u2019s walk and the system. 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