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Sound and Frequency

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils pose their hypothesis, they ready their instruments, then record their observations. This is the science of sound lesson. They move through 5 stations, each focused on a different element of aspect of sound. Check this lesson out,...
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Be An Incredible Songwriter

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students write songs about something incredible they have experienced or know about. They consider topics of events, dreams, ideas, feelings, or animals. They accompany themselves with small musical instruments while performing the songs...
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How They Get Building Materials Out of the Ground

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students experience a virtual quarry. For this science musical lesson plan, students understand how materials are quarried and manufactured from rocks, musically interpret a quarrying sequence with untuned musical instruments, and...
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Salad Sisters

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students play on the beats 2 and 4 of a song called Salad Sisters. In this music lesson plan, students learn a new song, learn how to count to 8 in a song, and practice how to play on the beats 2 and 4.
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Circle of Fifths: Major Keys

For Students 2nd - 12th
How many sharps and flats are their in each of the major keys? Help keep your young musicians sharp with a printable template that models how to identify the signature for the major keys' sharps and flats.
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Percussion Terms

For Students 6th - 7th
For this music worksheet, students locate 16 percussion instruments and terms. The word search includes 14 percussion instruments and two performance terms.
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A Jazz Talk Show

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students analyze and describe music while connecting it to history and culture. They gain experience in theatre arts skills and writing. They use the Internet to do research in order to find out the most about this subject.
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Singing in the Round

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders experience different songs that are themed to match the seasons of the year. Each season will have a different song for the students to play non-pitched instruments, moving in rhythm and learning the pattern of a round.
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Loop-based Composing based on Visual Stimuli

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils search the World Wide Web to locate an artistic image that inspires an aural composition. They compose a musical piece using loop-based composition software and use file management and storage techniques to archive project work....
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Willie Nelson: All Together Now!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars recite Willie Nelson's lyrics in one voice and then analyze their tone and vocabulary usage. They research Willie Nelson's history and dramatize the song: "On the Road Again."
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The Violin and Its Masters

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research the manufacture and history of the violin. They also examine the lives of a famous violin player. They write in response to a piece of music they heard earlier in the lesson.
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Carnival of the Animals Lesson

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Young scholars listen to Carnival of the Animals and recognize that a certain instrument represents a certain animal. In this animals and music lesson plan, students will make a book showing which musical instruments represent which...
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The Pony Song

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students sing "Three Little Pigs", the "Pony Song", and "The Animal Blues" in this elementary school music lesson. National and State Standards are addressed. Assessment rubric is included for grading and student evaluation.
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A Night in Tunisia

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils discuss musical instruments common to jazz and compare several songs by various artists. They identify musical grooves common to jazz music. They compare a string quartet to a traditional jazz group.
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The Prairie Dog That Met the President

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
StudentS name and discuss facts of the characters in "The Prairie Dog that Met the President". They create a 4 to 8 beat chant about a character from the opera, play a percussion instrument with an assigned rhythm and identify a melody...
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Multistep Problems

For Students 4th - 5th
In this multi-step problem solving activity, students analyze a chart that shows musical instruments and their prices. After reading the instructions and examples provided, students solve two multi-step problems.
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Questions for Traditional Musicians

For Students 6th - 8th
In this classroom applications and fieldwork basics instructional activity, students utilize the 15 interview questions listed once they locate someone in their community who plays traditional music. An oral release is included.
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Indian Ragas

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students explore Indian ragas and learn the differences between an Indian raga and the Western scale. They sing the familiar song "America," first in the Western major scale and then in two Indian ragas (bhairavi and purvi) on a neutral...
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Radical Reeds

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this reed instrument worksheet, students make a clarinet from a straw and use scissors. Students answer 2 questions about testing their clarinet.
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Manipulating Sound

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use music software to create and refine a musical composition. They use music software to create a sequence of musical phrases. Students use music software to create and refine a musical composition and adapt it in the light...
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Discover the History of Melody

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students connect to music resources. In this music lesson, students visit the websites of the Handel House Museum, the Horniman Museum, Reid Concert Hall, and the National Center for Early Music. Students...
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Orchestra: Wordsearch

For Students 4th - 7th
In this word-search worksheet, student search for twenty-nine music terms having to do with instruments of the symphony orchestra.
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Musical Art

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students create pieces of Abstract art by listening to various genres of music and reacting to the music with a pencil on a piece of paper and their eyes closed. This activity is intended for a middle-level Art class and can be used as...
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The Clarinet Family

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this music worksheet, students investigate the features and history of the clarinet. Students answer 6 multiple choice questions. No information is provided on the page.

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