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Save the Music Concert: Part 2 Composition
High schoolers examine why music is considered to be the "universal language" and study the expressive quality of a musical performance. They compose a melody using a computer and software which they perform on an instrument.
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Railroad Songs
Fifth graders use a web work sheet to discover the various types of railroad songs and their purpose. Students examine how to sing "Drill Ye Tarriers" and play a rhythmic accompaniment that mimics the sounds of the tarriers working....
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Changing Sounds
Students identify how the pitch of an instrument can be altered. They complete a worksheet by labeling several images in order of pitch and then fill a bottle with water to create a sound that matches a pitch on a drawn card.
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Math: The Bone connection
Learners examine the connection between bones of the human body and math. In groups, they locate bones and determine which instruments are used for measuring. Students organize their findings and create spreadsheets for calculating and...
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A Shaker Hymn
Students listen to and note the differences between two pieces of music. Using each piece of music, they note the difference in instruments and the style. They practice playing the music in different pitches with the correct rhythms.
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Talking Tubes
Students study the theory that sound travels through a variety of instruments. They explore all the channels of the ear and its various purposes. Students test objects to see which ones were vibrating to make sound heard.
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"Power: Abuse and Resistance
Tenth graders will use the camera as an instrument of self-expression (photography) and gain cultural appreciation and a sense of pride from greater understanding of self through their family heritage, customs and traditions. Then...
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Social Studies: Personality Development
Students investigate the development and influence of personalities on individuals. After examining a kaleidoscope, they discuss how people's personalities are analogous to the instrument's different designs. The lesson concludes with...
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Examining Infiltration Rates of Various Soil Types
Students formulate their own hypothesis, determine which variables are important to test their hypothesis, design an experiment in which they collect data. They utilize instruments and tools to measure, calculate, and organize data.
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Let's Play Scrabble!
What do Alfred Mosher Butts, James Brunot, and Jack Straus have in common? They were all instrumental in the development of Scrabble. Class members will discover these facts and many more as they conduct a WebQuest to gather, organize,...
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No Title
Students, while in the computer lab, are introduced to the composing of music and instantly changing keys, instrumentation, and styles utilizing the Software Band-In-The-Box from PG Music. They compare/contrast different keys and styles...
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Music
In this music worksheet, students locate 54 words having to do with music. Terms include names of instruments as well as music vocabulary.
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Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be
In this language arts instructional activity, students learn rhyme pattern and repetition in a poem by singing or reading a poem called "Oh Dear What Can the Matter Be." There is a link to a site which has the instrumental accompaniment.
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Counting Items 1-7
In this lower elementary learning exercise, students count the number of items they see in each of four boxes and write the number below the pictures. They see pictures of musical instruments such as drum and flutes in the boxes.
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Pulse and Blood Pressure
Sixth graders monitor and record vital signs of fellow classmates. In this vital sign lesson plan students use medical instruments to measure pulse and blood pressure.
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DO YOU REMEMBER?
Young scholars explore where a melody and melody fragments enter different voice parts, and adjusts dynamically to enable the listener to perceive these events. Each student uses a rubric to make critical evaluations of the performances.
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Introduction to musical reading for Drumset and Percussion.
Students analyze the functions of musical scores as they relate to percussion instruments. They follow an audio and video presentation as they count and follow beat patterns.
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Rockin' Chair, Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden
Learners examine the life and music of Louis Armstrong, the first great jazz musician. The musical techniques of call and response is listened to and then copied in musical conversations in this lesson plan.
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Percussion Lesson Plan
Learners engage in a instructional activity that is about the beginning music theory and rhythmic notation. They write the music for a percussion ensemble that is 16 measures long. Students incorporate quarter and eight notes with rest...
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Intonation
Students recognize and adjust intonation discrepancies in unison playing. They develop an awareness of playing in tune within their section and play various exercises with their tuning slides set at various places. They adjust their...
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Alphabet 4
In this literacy worksheet, students color all the pictures that end with the letter t. There are several illustrations to identify in the activity.
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Finish This Picture: Guitar
In this recognizing details learning exercise, students examine the two pictures and finish the picture of a guitar on the right with the same details as those in the picture of a guitar on the left.
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Sounds Like Science-Guitars
Students demonstrate the relationship between a sound and its frequency. In this sound and frequency activity, students use an old tennis racket and nylon fishing line to create a guitar. Students observe the pitch and frequency.
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Percussion Fast and Cheap
Learners explore percussion. In this percussion lesson, students examine body percussion, drumstick percussion, beaters percussion, drum percussion, stick percussion, washboard percussion, and shaker percussion by using everyday objects...
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