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- Grade Range
- 2nd - 4th
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Students gain a basic knowledge of musical instruments. Through this activity students develop a greater appreciation of music and the different instruments involved in its creation. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students listen and react to recordings of Native American Instruments with each student completing a corresponding Reaction Worksheet after listening to the recordings. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 4th
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Students identify the various instruments by name. They categorize each instrument as belonging to one of these categories: woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th
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Students conduct research on a selected musical instrument. They conduct an Internet search, and create a brochure using Microsoft Publisher to present their information. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 12th
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Students invent a musical instrument to be played by them. They invent a nonstandard notation for music and compose a short piece to preform for the class using their instrument. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students explore the orchestra and identify the sounds of common musical instruments. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students create various musical instruments out of everyday and recycled items. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 6th
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Students 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. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students identify the different families of musical instruments. After listening to music, they recognize various styles and genres of American music. They discuss how music reflects culture and communities and discover how emotions are portrayed in music. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students 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. Full Review »

