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The Sounds of Science
Students assess the relationship between music and science by learning how various musical instruments work. They create a poster, presenting the research conducted in class that focuses on a specific musical instrument.
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World Percussion Instruments
Fourth graders study percussion instruments from various world cultures. In this percussion instruments lesson, 4th graders listen to percussive sound sources, learn playing techniques, and create compositions for instruments they...
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The Percussion Family
Second graders complete a unit to learn about the percussion family and African and Latin drumming. In this percussion lesson, 2nd graders complete 9 lessons to learn about the percussion family. Students learn to use shakers and sticks,...
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Musical Instruments: Picture/Word Worksheet #2
In this tracing words worksheet, students study the musical instrument pictures and then trace the matching words: viola, cymbals, flute, cello, oboe, and bagpipes.
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Sound Quiz
In this sound activity, students answer 5 questions pertaining to the sounds of various musical instruments. The name of a teach appears at the top of the page.
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Harp Maze
For this Harp maze worksheet, 1st graders complete a maze by drawing a line from the start to the finish openings. This is a wordless worksheet.
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Musical Instruments
In this musical instrument worksheet, students will study a list of instruments. Students will focus on 20 instruments that are played with the hand and mouth together.
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Harmonica Puzzle
In this harmonica words puzzle, students will find and circle 18 words that relate to harmonicas. Words include blow and warble.
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Music Wordsearch
In this music worksheet, students find 20 words related to music. The word search includes the names of 14 instruments and 6 composers.
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Musical Instruments
Students identify a guitar, piano, trumpet, flute, drum, and a violin by sight and sound. They view pictures of each instrument as they are played on a recording, discuss how each instrument makes their particular sound, and listen to...
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Storytellers: Dave Matthews Band, Lesson 1
Studentsview a video of the Dave Matthews Band and identify the various instruments used by them. They identify a variety of techniques used to produce musical sound on these instruments. finally, they discuss the function of each part...
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Vibrations
Sixth graders use rubber bands, textbooks, pencils, rulers and yo-yos to experiment with the concept of vibrations. They observe changes in pitch according to the speed of vibrations and record their observations in a journal.
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You Can Play It
Students listen to a piece of music on the bells, recorder, and rhythm sticks, comparing and contrasting the different instruments. They play the song, Row Row Row Your Boat, rotating groups to play the bells, recorder, and rhythm sticks.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Do Re Mi With Straws
Check out this fun science fair project about the physics of musical sound production. Here you will make musical instruments with drinking straws, one for each note on a one-octave major scale. You will figure out the right lengths for...
Philharmonia Orchestra
The Orchestra
The Philharmonia has put together this great website about the orchestra. This site covers the instruments, the history and even the seating arrangement of an orchestra.
Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra Sample Library: Sound Samples
Get ready to listen to literally thousands of free sound samples from all of the instruments of the orchestra. All notes and ranges as well as many articulations and phrases have been recorded for each of the instruments!
Other
Discover Eso: Musical Instruments: Woodwinds
Website with information on four woodwind instruments: clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and flute. Students learn about the history and qualities of the instruments and can listen to audio excerpts of the instruments being played.
Other
Henrylim: Harpsichord
This site provides great detail about the Harpsichord, also includes many color pictures.
Other
The Virtual Museum of Music Inventions
The title is misleading, for a reason! The site consists of tips, ideas and plans about instruments and sound. The site also serves as a "museum" for photos and audio/video clips of kids' homemade instruments from around the nation.
Other
School Band and Orchestra Magazine
This is the online version of the very informative magazine School Band and Orchestra. Many well written and informative articles can be found here concerning instrumental music.
Other
National Music Museum: Virtual Tours
Enjoy browsing through this virtual music museum. You will see many different pictures ranging from instruments of the Civil War to former President Bill Clinton's saxophone.
Other
Guitar Lesson World
An in-depth look at guitar playing. Includes exercises, lessons, resources, and much more! Whether you are a beginner or more advanced, this site is definitely worth seeing.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Teachers Lounge
Although this is considered a teachers lounge, it has many activities for students too. Teachers will love this because there are many lesson plans as well as other activities to do with their students.
Quia
Quia: Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction "Musical Hangman"
Test your knowledge of instruments of the orchestra with this interactive hangman game. Click on letters to guess the mystery word!