ST. CLARE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SCHOOL INC.

(GRADE 10 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)

Lesson 1

LESSON TITLE: Basic recording equipment of a digital radio studio

LESSON OBJECTIVES :
1. Identify the basic recording equipment of a digital radio studio.
2. Classify whether devices use electricity and/or magnetism when used in recording
audio.
3. Start a literature search on electromagnetic induction’s role in recording technology.

MOTIVATION:

Pictures of the radio studio control and audio room or

Video clip on a radio station tour, video player, screen, and accessories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry5pzAQ0L_M

INTRODUCTION TO LESSON:
In this module, you will map two invisible force fields - the electric and the magnetic
fields. Within each field, forces may be exerted on matter causing it to interact with another
matter because of electricity and magnetism working as two aspects of a single electromagnetic
force.
You will further explore, demonstrate and explain the idea that a changing electric field
produces magnetism, and a changing magnetic field produces electric current in the light of
technological applications that are helpful to man.

PRESENTATION OF LESSON

GETTING HOOKED ON ELECTRICITY AND

MAGNETISM APPLICATIONS

AVPs: Veni, vidi, vici.

(Audio-Visual Productions: I came, I saw, I conquered.)

People readily adopt emerging technologies. The use of audiovisual (AV) works be it in
film productions, in business displays, or perhaps in education innovations became a trend
and it is here to stay. Examples abound like our growing love for the high quality audiovisual
components we listen to and watch or the endeavor of school stakeholders to provide
projection technology in every classroom.

The rise of it all AV production, recording, and storing technology and industries were
made possible because of the discovery of the link between electricity and magnetism. How
does one begin to understand this partnership? For a start, consider doing the activity
regarding audio recording devices.
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Activity 1
For the Record…
(Adapted from the EMI Teaching Sequence by Jenaro Guisasola and Kristina Zuza)

Objectives:
• Identify the basic recording equipment of a digital radio studio.
• Classify whether devices use electricity and/or magnetism when
used in recording audio.
• Start a literature search on electromagnetic induction’s role in recording
technology.
Materials:
• pictures of the radio studio control and audio room OR
• video clip on a radio station tour, video player, screen, and accessories
• pen and activity sheet/science notebook
Procedure:

PART A. Virtual Tour of a Radio Broadcasting Studio

1. Read the scenario and study the video clip or pictures selected by your teacher, similar to
what is shown in Figur
Activity Scenario: During non-class hours, you frequently meet your
friends playing and making music together. One afternoon you decided to
go to your local radio station to ask what equipment and software is
needed to start recording at home.
At the broadcast studio, with the radio technician out, the staff allowed
you to take pictures inside the control room and live audio room, similar
to what is shown in Figures 1 to 3.

2.
II. Figure 1. A control room of a local radio broadcast studio commonly known as the announcer’s
booth. (Used with permission from the RPN-DXKO Radio and Television Broadcast Station in
Cagayan de Oro City.)

es 1 to 3.
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On your science activity notebook, make a table, similar to Table 1. List all the equipment
that you can identify in the photo shown in Figure 1. Indicate with a check mark whether the
equipment/device needs electricity and/or magnetism to operate.
Table 1. Radio Broadcast Studio Equipment (Control Room/Announcer’s Booth)
Equipment/Device Needs Electricity Needs Magnetism

Guide Questions:
Q1. How many of the devices you identified inside the control room need electricity to
operate?

Q2. How many of the devices you identified inside the control room need magnetism
to operate?

1. On your science activity notebook, make another table similar to Table 2. List also all the

DEPED
equipment that you can identify in the pictures shown in Figures 2 and 3. Indicate with a
check mark whether the equipment/device needs electricity and/or magnetism to operate.

Figure 2. A live audio room, commonly known as the newsroom, which is usually separated from
the control room via glass partitions.

Figure 3. Back portion of a local newsroom

Table 2. Radio Broadcast Studio Equipment (Live Audio Room/Newsroom)

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Equipment/Device Needs Electricity Needs Magnetism

Guide Questions:
Q3. How many of the devices you identified inside the live audio room need electricity to
operate?
Q4. How many of the devices you identified inside the live audio room need magnetism to
operate?
Q5. What other devices not shown in the photo may be used inside the live audio
room?

Abstraction:
Make a concept organizer about the basic recording devices
and equipment. Emphasize the need to identify the devices which
make use of electricity and magnetism.

EVALUATION
Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer.
1. Which of the following devices is not found on a digital radio
recording station?
A. Loud Speaker B. Microphone C. Computer Monitor D. Sensor
2. Which of the following devices needs electricity to operate in a radio recording studio?
A. Microphone B. computer C. headphone D. all of the above
3. These material on a radio recording studio will allow flow of electricity so that other devices
will function.
A. Cables B. Audio C. Base D. Digital
4. Which pair of materials pertains to production of sound in a radio recording studio?
A. Microphone: Speaker C. Computer: Audio
B. Digital : Condenser D. Cables : Computer