The perfect project idea for anyone who loves music. Gather your materials and create dozens of variations.

Students will choose a healing emotion and colors that represent that emotion then use yarn to create unique artwork.

Students will prove their knowledge of geometric shape by capturing photographs of examples within their environment.

This site explores the cello and the artistry of Yo-Yo Ma. Be sure to visit the suggested web sites, especially Yo-Yo's site at Sony.

Kabuki was one of the three most popular dramatic forms of Japan, the other two being Noh drama and puppet theater (bunraku). Singers and an orchestra of drums, flutes, wooden clappers, and samisen (a stringed instrument similar to the...

Calculate a point on a parabola using the string art construction

Students bring in an object from home that represents their family heritage. Students then use cameras and scanners to import their object into the computer. The lesson has the students complete a writing piece but you could expand into...

An article on the history of the "Zheng," an ancient Chinese stringed musical instrument and how it is still used today in music performances.

Use this site to learn about the fascinating world of Gypsy-made leather puppets. This nomadic tribe is always on the move carrying their puppets and musical instruments seeking permission from village leaders to perform for monetary...

This lesson on shape has students using the program Kidspiration to create a digital person. The lesson is simple but allows for student imagination. Could be a great introduction to observational drawing.

Recordings, photographs, and articles about rare and equisitely crafted violins by by Stradivari, Amati, Guarneri, and Vuillaume.

Drawing of an archer, with bow string stretched.

A harp is a stringed instrument of triangular form. The sculptures and ruins of the Egyptians and Syrians give evidence that it was a favorite instrument among them.

This image shows a group of ancient egyptian street musicians. (1) Woman with a tall light harp with fourteen strings. (2) Cithara. (3) Te-bouni, or banjo. (4) Double flute. (5) Shoulder Harp. (6) Singer, clapping hands.

A cap worn by the flamines and salii at Rome. The essential part of the apex, to which alone the name properly belonged, was a pointed piece of olive-wood, the base of which was surrounded with a lock of wool. This was worn on the top of...

Among the remarkable inventions of a remote era, may be mentioned bellows and siphons. The former were used as early as the reign of Thothmes the Third, and contemporary of Moses, being represented in a tomb bearing the name of that...

Lyre, with seven strings. From a coin of Chalcis. - Smith, 1882

A net. In hunting it was usual to extend nets in a curved line of considerable length, so as in part to suround a space into which the beasts of chase were driven through the opening left on one side. The range of nets was flanked by...

If you have access to Kidspiration or a similar program you can use this lesson plan to help teach the cardinal directions. Incorporate digital photography as an expansion idea or create more expansions of your own.

The perfect project idea for anyone who loves music. Gather your materials and create dozens of variations.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart describes the various instrument families and the instruments that fit in each family. Sound files are attached to the instruments so that students can hear what each sounds like.

This kit explains the importance of northern First Nations families keeping their languages and cultures alive through family literacy activities. It provides ideas and materials for cultural games (e.g., string games) and activities...

This site from the Alien Travel Guide contains an outline to information on the history of weaving. The outline is in link form for easy navigation and it contains wonderful basic information.

Have you ever thought about your shadow? One way to learn about them is to make your own shadow box theater--once a very popular form of entertainment in Europe during the 1800s and early 1900s.