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- Wakefield, RI
- 04-06-12
Musical Instruments Lesson Plans
Find teacher approved Musical Instruments lesson plan ideas and activities
Students participate in growing plants to make musical instruments. In this cross curricular music/science/social studies lesson, students learn about the gourd and how cultures around the world used it to make an instrument. Students plant and create gourd instruments.
Learners apply the principles and concepts associated with energy and the transfer of energy in an engineering context through the designing and making of a musical instrument. After the accomplishment of the design, students must explain the energy transfer mechanism in sufficient detail and describe how they could make their instruments better. Each student gives a performance on their instrument for the class.
Students study concepts of energy and energy transfer. They look at how these concepts apply to musical instruments. They study the law of conservation of energy. They use the concepts studied in the lesson to design a musical instrument.
Eighth graders use information previously explored in the science sound investigations to design and build a musical instrument and then use multimedia software (Powerpoint) to create a presentation for their class. The instrument-building portion is designed to be completed as a homework assignment.
Learners make predictions and explain the energy transfer mechanisms. They analyze and apply the fundamental concepts to design a musical instrument.
Students identify musical instruments. In this musical instrument lesson, students groups instruments into brass, percussion, string or woodwinds. Students complete a worksheet.
Pupils study about musical instruments and group them into these categories: percussion, strings, woodwinds, and brass. After discussing these instruments, they independently complete the worksheet.
Sixth graders conduct research on a selected musical instrument. They conduct an Internet search, and create a brochure using Microsoft Publisher to present their information.
Third graders learn about musical instruments by listening to the the music they make. They click on a particiular type of instrument and then on each individual instrument to learn about it and then decide which one they like best.
Students create various musical instruments out of everyday and recycled items.
