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Instrument Families
From the clarinet to maracas, this PowerPoint covers various instruments in the 4 instrument families: woodwinds, brass, strings, percussion. Descriptions and pictures of instruments in the four families are provided. Slides 19-22...
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Sound/Pitch
Students explore how pitch changes when using instruments that are plucked, blown, and hit. For this sound and pitch lesson, students blow across the top of bottles that are filled with water to create sound. Students use recorders...
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A Stomping Good Time: Using Found Instruments and Invented Rhythms to Make Beautiful Music
Students work in small groups to use everyday objects to create performances inspired by the work of STOMP. They create a system of notation to document the music and movement of a 2-minute performance.
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Categorizing Data and Bias
In this categorizing data and bias worksheet, 9th graders solve 10 different problems that include various types of qualitative or quantitative data. First, they determine if the problem stated is univariate or bivariate data. Then,...
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Cells: The Units of Life
In this biology activity on cells, 9th graders name who the first person was to use the word cell and describe in what materials this person saw cells. Then they determine what instrument uses light and two or more lenses to view cells.
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Metric System Challenge
For this measurement worksheet, students complete each of the statements with the correct word related to the metric system. Then they match each letter marked with a number to those at the bottom of the sheet to complete the answer to...
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Instrument Names
In this music instructional activity, students find the words that are related to the instruments and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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An Introduction To The Instruments Of The Orchestra
Students explore a variety of instruments to discover their sound. After watching an orchestra play, students discover the categories of instruments such as woodwinds, brass, strings, and percussion. In teams, they listen to music and...
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Exploring Musical Instruments of the Orchestra
Students listen to "The William Tell Overture," identify instruments, sounds and other characteristics of the music. They compare and contrast orchestra music to large band music. Students discuss the musical composition and how the...
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Introduction To The Orchestra
Students listen to a book, "Meet the Orchestra." They observe a PowerPoint presentation, listen to the sounds in "Peter and the Wolf" and then match illustrations of instruments to their specific sound. Students identify instrument...
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An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Students share their ideas about doctors and relate to their classmates. Then they refer to their prior knowledge and information discussed to explain and support their ideas and prepare for a visit with a doctor by charting ideas,...
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Musical Instruments
Students invent a musical instrument to be played by them. They invent a nonstandard notation for music and compose a short piece to preform for the class using their instrument.
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Silly Science
In this science worksheet, students use the dichotomous key to identify common objects listed on the sheet. Then they write the scientific name of each object.
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Synthesizing Music with the Technology Invention of the Modular Synthesizer
Students explore how to create synthesized music and discuss what they believe music would sound like without electronics. They explore a given website to determine how different types of instruments can be digitized. In groups, students...
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Orchestral Scores
Eighth graders listen to Beethoven's Symphony Number Five and identify the instruments playing. They observe the score and discuss the movements, and at what time each instrument plays. Students choose an instrument and transcribe the...
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Draw Your Instrument
Students be shown a variety of materials they create an instrument from in a classroom center. They discuss options for materials and how they could be put together to form an instrument that makes sounds. They use KidPix to draw the...
Other
Lute Harpsichord: A Forgotten Instrument
Interesting website on the lute-harpsichord, which is called "one of Bach's favorite keyboard instruments." Provides an in-depth history of this "forgotten instrument" and the ordinary lute.
South Carolina Educational Television
South Carolina Etv Commission: Artopia: Music
Enter a world of music in Artopia. Here, you can become a music critic, meet a musician, play a game, and even compose your own remix music in the virtual music studio.
Other
Accordions Worldwide: Accordion Faq
This link takes you to the FAQ section of Accordians Worldwide, where your accordion question may well be answered.
Other
Drum Bum: A Drum Lessons Database
Providing "Over 400 free Lessons and Tabs," this resource includes learning ideas and information for everyone from the drum novice to the expert. In addition to including lessons on a wide range of instruments, this resource includes...
Other
Virtual Instrument Museum: Musical Instrument Materials
This interesting site is part of the Virtual Instrument Museum and it lists a variety of materials (clay, stone, wood, gourd, skin, and more) and then it lists a number of instruments created from that particular material. Each...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Bee Hummer
An engineering design project to use simple materials to make an instrument to mimic the sound of a swarm of bees.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Look Up! Observing Weather
To get a better idea of how meteorologists make weather predictions, students will begin their own weather journals and make rain gauges.
PBS
Classics for Kids: Music
This resource is dedicated to introducing students to classical music. Students can study the history of music, listen to music, review different kinds of instruments, and explore musical careers.