Beat Lab
KS3 · Year 7 · Six 60-minute lessons · MME-KS3-703
A rhythm unit that starts on paper and ends in the software. Students read and write drum patterns on a 16-step grid, copy patterns by ear, then program and shape grooves of their own in GarageBand.
What the pack will include
- A teaching deck for all six lessons, with the answers, think-aloud and fallback in the speaker notes
- One-page lesson plans with All / Most / Some objectives
- A student workbook to print and work in
- A two-page teacher’s guide, plus a separate additional information file with the curriculum links
- A no-tech fallback in every lesson, for the days the Macs aren’t free
Software
Built around GarageBand. The grids work on paper too, so the listening and writing tasks don’t depend on a computer.