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Operate and Maintain Equipment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers are given a laboratory activity, they operate and maintain equipment according to manufacturer's recommended standards. Students are given a laboratory situation, comply with equipment safety zones according to industry...
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Tinker, Tailor

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice the song "Tinker, Tailor" using percussion instruments, Orff instruments, and their voices in this Music lesson for the 1st grade. The lesson is intended for use within an Orff unit of study and includes...
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Activities Using Music From Saint-Saens & Moussorgsky

For Teachers K - 3rd
Student create a fish and listen to music while imagining their fish are swimming.  In this music activity, students identify instruments played and move their fish to the movement.  Students work with kangaroos and elephants...
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Chinese Opera

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Young scholars study Chinese opera by sketching pictures of Chinese opera characters and musical instruments. They watch the film A Night at the Peking Opera, noting the elaborate costuming, the sparse staging, and the highly developed...
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Everyone Knows It's Windy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create an anemometer, an instrument that measures wind speed.
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Music and Technology

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils analyze the lyrics, instruments, sounds and technology from the song "Vertigo" by U2. They view a video presenting interviews with the band and complete a stage design for the live playing of the song.
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Bob Marley - Legend Episode #3 - Lesson 4

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students analyze and describe Reggae music using correct musical terms to discuss tonality, instrumentation, meter and tempo. They experiment with singing and dancing to Reggae music in a style appropriate to the genre.
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A Night in Tunisia

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students 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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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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Playing the Cardboard Dulcimer

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create cardboard dulcimers. They discover that sound is produced by vibrating strings and analyze the pitch produced by changing the sizes and length of the strings of the instrument. They also discuss the history of the...
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Rhythm Counting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers perform various rhythms and melodies in unison on their individual instruments. Assessment is performed on the last day of the lesson with each student playing individually for the class. This lesson meets national...
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Identify Plant Nutrient Requirements

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are given standard elemental nutrients, identify plant nutrient requirements based on criteria outlined in assessment instructment. They, are given standard elemental nutrients, provide all means and chemical symbols of plant...
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Diffusion & Osmosis with Data Analysis

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students explore principles governing diffusion and osmosis. Students perform a dialysis tubing experiment. They obtain core samples of potato in varying concentrations of sugar-water to measure water potential of the potato cells....
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A Journey Through The Seasons

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders demonstrate creative movement, singing in canon or rounds, and playing instruments while taking "a musical journey through the seasons" in this second grade General Music instructional activity. Songs and discussion...
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Unit Conversions 2

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders demonstrate the use of instruments of measurement. As a class, they take notes and observe the proper procedure for using a graduated cylinder, a ruler, and a balance/triple beam balance. In groups, 8th graders visit...
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Indian Music Fill in the Blank

For Students 7th
In this Indian music worksheet, 7th graders fill in 8 blanks using the words from the word bank at the bottom of the page. They use words such as melody, sitar, tala, and pattern. They complete an extension lesson that focuses on Indian...
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Problem-Solving Application: Use a Circle Graph

For Students 4th
In this graphing instructional activity, 4th graders use a circle graph with information about orchestra instrument to answer 5 questions. They examine the graph to find the information needed to problem solve each answer.
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Carnival of the Animals Lesson

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students 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 animals.
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Baga Drum

For Teachers K - 12th
Students draw and design a musical instrument that incorporates a human figure or animal. In this musical lesson plan, students will discover the differences between African drums. This lesson plan is designed for elementary, middle,...
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Weather Tools

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore Earth science by participating in a weather identification activity. In this scientific instrument instructional activity, students identify several weather related tools such as the weather vane, thermometer and rain...
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Experimenting with Sound

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore physical science by completing a worksheet. In this sound perception activity, students collaborate in small groups to research sound properties on the Internet and in libraries. Students conduct a listening experiment...
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Rhythmic Movement Skills

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice using their physical skills while performing physical activities.  In this physical education lesson, students participate in musical orchestrated dances with their classmates.  Students utilize a jump rope...
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Homeschooling Chronicles - Microscopes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Microscopes are more than instruments. They are windows into the scientific world.
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Native American Music and Dance Activity

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners demonstrate keeping steady beat through practice exercises and stepping to the beat using instruments such as conga drums, tambourines and rhythm sticks.

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