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Danse Macabre: Saint-Saëns

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Assist your youngsters as they learn to visualize the story music can tell us. They listen to the piece "Danse Macabre" while viewing this slideshow. Each slide describes the key instrument and what creature of the dark it represents. A...
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Jazz in America

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore different instruments and what role they play in Jazz. They also each person's role in a democratic society.
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Loud or soft?

For Students K - 3rd
Send this cute activity home with kids, to increase family involvement. They'll consider what would happen if rice was bounced in a tambourine, and then they'll complete a sound activity by makings an instrument out of wax paper and a...
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Name That Harmonic: Strings

For Students 9th - 12th
Don't string your class along! Physics scholars discover the fascinating forces behind the music of stringed instruments using an interactive. From a series covering sounds and waves, the interactive asks users to identify nodes and...
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Unscramble the Musical Instruments

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students unscramble musical instrument words. In this instrument instructional activity, students discuss the different types of musical instruments. They get a worksheet with their names and they need to unscramble them and spell the...
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Making and Appraising Weather Instruments

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this science and technology worksheet, young scholars answer 5 essay questions about weather instruments. Students draw and label pictures of rainfall and air pressure instruments. There is no information here.
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Topic - Musical Instruments Word Search

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this musical instruments word search puzzle worksheet, students locate and identify the 20 instruments from the word bank. The words may appear horizontally or vertically.
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Musical Instruments

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this music worksheet, students write the name of a musical instrument that they would like to play. Students do research and list as many instruments as they can find.
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Instruments of the Orchestra- Flute and Oboe

For Teachers K - 5th
Students name the different families in an orchestra, name many of the instruments in each family, listen to an orchestral recording to identify the flute and oboe and listen to the melody of a piece.
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Musical Terms and Instruments

For Students 6th - 8th
In this music worksheet, students find the vocabulary terms related to the different types of instruments. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Musical Instruments Word Search

For Students 4th - Higher Ed
In this language arts worksheet, students will be searching for words are all musical instruments. Students will locate 34 vocabulary words all pertaining to the topic.
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Measurements: instruments

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this measurement instructional activity, learners write what the measurement instrument is used for. Students complete 3 problems total.
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A Stomping Good Time: Using Found Instruments and Invented Rhythms to Make Beautiful Music

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students work in small groups to use everyday objects to create performances inspired by the work of STOMP. They create a system of notation to document the music and movement of a 2-minute performance.
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Arranging Patriotic Music for Instruments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers arrange a short piano composition for a group of four to six instruments of their choice. The musical arrangements should be then demonstrated and analyzed by the class as a unit study.
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Musical Role Models

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Pupils identify instruments and their sounds and use them to model their own orchestra. After choosing an instrument to investigate further, they research to become familiar with the sound of the instrument, how the sound is created, and...
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Sound Game

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Get those little ears out and ready to listen to play a game! Youngsters listen to a variety of instruments, and then determine whether the instruments are made of wood or metal. This game is interactive with fun sounds. 
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Standing Waves and Music: Suggested Demonstrations

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
There are four embedded links in this brief resource that take you to handouts or worksheets that assist young musicians in understanding standing sound waves. They'll play their instruments to show and then discuss different sound...
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Pitched Instruments of African Music

For Students 5th - 12th
In this African music instructional activity, students read about the kora and the xylophone which are types of pitched instruments. A glossary is included in the 2 page article.
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9 Easy to Make Musical Instruments for Kids

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create various musical instruments out of everyday and recycled items.
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My (musical) Valentine

For Teachers K
Get out those bells, sand blocks, and sticks! Your kindergarteners use their singing voices to ask and answer friendly questions while keeping rhythm. They take turns in a group and in pairs singing questions and answers while keeping...
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Music of the Middle East

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Explore the cultural and religious influences that have shaped music in the Middle East. Classical and traditional music styles are covered in terms of instrumentation and music theory. This slide show would be appropriate for a music...
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Popular Music of Brazil: Samba

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Samba music is a musical mixture of both African and Brazilian sounds and rhythms. Explore this art form with your class using this easy-to-follow slide show. They'll learn about Samba's roots, beats, characteristics, instruments, and...
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Native American Indian Musical Instruments

For Teachers K - 5th
Students listen and react to recordings of Native American Instruments with each student completing a corresponding Reaction Worksheet after listening to the recordings.
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Ireland's Instruments

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine different types of instruments from Ireland. They view pictures of a fiddle, tin whistle, Uilleann pipes, Mandolin, hammered dulcimer, and harp and listen to a recording of each instrument. At each listening station,...

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