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University of Washington
University of Washington: Music and Memory and Intelligence
Good discussion of the conflicting findings on the "Mozart Effect". Also a good, easy-to-understand site about music's affect on the brain.
Frontiers Media
Frontiers:the Brain and Language: How Our Brains Communicate
An article about how the brain responds when listening and speaking.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Beat the Calculator!
Find more than 500 "mental calculation tricks" that will help you square numbers, add, multiply divide, subtract, and find percentages. A great resource for advance math students, gifted children, and teachers wanting to find ideas for...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Tail Wagging and Brain Lateralization
The left brain is supposed to be better at language, and organizing sequential actions, the right brain is supposed to be better at visualizing orientations in space, making and listening to music, and deciphering the emotions of others....
Other
Improve Your Brain: Music Makes You Smarter Research
This research site contains loads of information in either text of link form. You can research the brain and music, how they relate to each other and the affects that it causes. The list of possibilites is endless, just click and enjoy.
Other
The Second Principle: Brain Based Education: An Overview
This resource provides historical information, core principles, implications and suggestions, 12 design principles, and suggestions to utilize both music and art.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Stay Afloat Guess the Word Game
This hangman-style game lets students pick topics such as Harry Potter, science, geography, history, music, and sports stars. For each incorrect letter choice, an object is loaded into the boat; students must guess the word before all of...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Playing an Instrument Benefits Your Brain
When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an instrument, that activity becomes more like a full-body brain workout. What's going on? Anita Collins explains the fireworks...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Prisoner Boxes Riddle?
Your favorite band is great at playing music but not so great at being organized. They keep misplacing their instrucments on tour.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Piano Player
Interactive game where musical notes are shown on a scale and you have to choose the piano key that matches the note. Choose from four levels of play, from beginner to virtuoso.
Braingle
Braingle: Letter Equations Brain Teasers
The letter equations at this site test your critical thinking skills as well as your knowledge of facts dealing with a variety of subjects: geography, music, history and more.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Measuring Your Threshold of Hearing
How your ears and your brain turn the sound waves out there in the world into the experience of music in your head, remains a mystery to many, but yet we all experience and even enjoy sounds and music. If you're interested in doing a...
Frontiers Media
Frontier: So You Think You Can't Dance?
Believe it or not, even babies can feel the beat of a rhythm. However, science has documented the first case of a person who could not dance to the beat. His name is Mathieu, and he is an intelligent, talented - even musical - guy with...