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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Your Story

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students discover ways to learn about the past. In this writing lesson students use a writing web to organize their ideas about how we learn about the past. The students then start a time capsule about their lives....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Weather Awareness

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate weather. In this weather lesson, 2nd graders discover how to read a temperature gauge, keep track of the weather, and find out how the weather affects their day. They work individually and in partners to make...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

We're Recording

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students record their experiments or lessons using a video camera. In this technology instructional activity, students explain to the camera what they have learned. They watch these together to help reinforce a instructional activity.
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Writing
Curated OER

Song Writing: Recording Your Song

For Students 9th
In this music sales worksheet, students read advice on the how to sell the songs that they write. They read about producers, managers, demos, royalties, and agents. They design a pamphlet based on the information in the reading and as an...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Acid-Base Indicator Paper

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers are able to prepare and use pH indicators in paper form. They find out the color of the indicator paper plus test solution may change with time. Students use red cabbage to use for the indicator.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Everybody's Boppin', Lambert, Hendricks and Ross

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students probe the musical style of scat singing with imitation instruments. While listening to the musical pieces, they identify when one singer finishes and another begins. The singing groups' styles are contrasted in this...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Generating and Recording Data

For Teachers K
Students demonstrate their ability to collect, organize, and display data. They examine everyday objects that can be turned into a function machine for the lesson. They use colored fish to help them organize their data.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Weather Journals

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students check and record the weather first thing each morning in their weather journals.
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Website
Indiana University

Indiana Univ: Center for Electronic & Computer Music

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains general information on the facility and programs offered. Also contains a history of electronic music, suggested listening, information about consoles and recording equipment, help with MIDI, csound and Unix programming, etc. A...
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Website
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Experimental Music Studios

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's electronic music facility. This site includes a pictorial tour and information on admissions.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Elinor Wonders Why: Elinor's Nature Adventure

For Students Pre-K - K
Come explore with Elinor! Use the tools provided to observe your environment as you take a nature walk. What will you find?
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Creating Podcasts With Your Students

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Creating podcasts in the classroom has many educational benefits, including strengthening skills in research, writing, and collaboration - and podcasting is easy to do. This article walks you through the steps of preproduction,...
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Article
Other

The Art of Recording the Big Band

For Students 9th - 10th
A very extensive paper about recording big bands. It has information about the recording methods of the 1920s and 30s.
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Website
Other

Understanding Journal Entries

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives some general tips that facilitate recording journal entries and avoiding errors.
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Website
Other

What's a Record Label Deal All About?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a fairly detailed guide that will show you the elements involved in a record deal.
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Website
Other

Wine Country Productions: Sequential Circuits

For Students 9th - 10th
This company offers restored and warrantied electronic music equipment and instruments including drum machines and synthesizers. Provides spare parts as well as technical service.
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Article
Other

The Birth of the Recording Industry

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a very interesting article about the birth of the recording industry. It primarily deals with the invention and improvement of the phonograph beginning in 1877.
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Website
Other

National Music Publishers Association

For Students 9th - 10th
NMPA is dedicated to the protection of music copyright across all media. It also distributes information to its members.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Digital Storytelling With Class Flow Technology

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Digital storytelling is the combination of the ancient art of oral storytelling with today's technology, enabling students to write their own uniquely personal tales and then personalize them even more...
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Lesson Plan: Scientific Method "The Big Ahah"

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson plan helps students understand and use the scientific method. It also helps helps students understand the importance of good scientific experimentation to the scientific method.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Diagram

For Students 9th - 10th
A very descriptive site about sound balancing, including diagrams and illustrations to help you understand what sound balancing is.