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It's About Time

Sounds in Strings

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
How many of your pupils play an instrument? A musical science lesson will help all of them understand how string instruments work. Young scientists construct a string-and-pulley system to test frequency and pitch. The lesson...
Interactive
Physics Classroom

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...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Changing Sounds

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify how the pitch and the loudness of an instrument can be altered. In this online science of sound activity, students employ the use of an interactive whiteboard to examine the loudness and pitch of a guitar, drum, and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

ESL "Can You...?" Activity Survey Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this ESL activity survey worksheet, students survey classmates to determine who can do the 8 named activities. They write down the name of the student and check yes or no to record if classmates can do things such as cook, play the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Musical Instruments

For Teachers K
Pupils identify a guitar, piano, trumpet, flute, drum, and a violin by sight and sound. They view pictures of each instrument as they are played on a recording, discuss how each instrument makes their particular sound, and listen to...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Letter Gg

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this G words learning exercise, students read the g words and then rewrite them on the lines in alphabetical order. Students alphabetize the following words: gave, get, ghost, giraffe, girl, glove, goose, grab, guitar, and gym.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Words With "Ar"

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, students learn 6 words that have the "ar" sound. Students practice writing the words on the primary lines. Students then draw a car and a guitar.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Picture/Word Worksheet #19

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this tracing words activity, students study the pictures and then trace the matching words: bear, guitar, library, nose, cherry, and robin.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Letter Gg Words and Pictures

For Students K - 1st
In this letter Gg words worksheet, students read the words and pictures for the words that start with the letter Gg. Students color the pictures for the giraffe, garlic, guitar, glider, the uppercase letter G, and lowercase letter g.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Typical Conceptual Questions for Physics I - Waves, Electricity, and Magnetism

For Students 9th - 12th
This wave and electromagnetism assignment is so thorough, it could be used as a unit exam. The first section of it covers wave concepts. The next section addresses static electricity. There is a section that deals with electric circuits....
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Science 4 Inquiry

Musical Vibes with Palm Pipes

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Ancient people used musical pipes as early as the third millennium BCE. Young scientists explore the workings of musical pipes to better understand the relationship with frequency, length of pipe, and sound waves. They determine the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Blues, B.B. King, Muddy Waters

For Teachers 6th - 9th
B.B. King and Muddy Waters are two of the most famous blues performers of all time. In this music lesson, middle schoolers study the early careers and lasting musical contributions of both artists, each of whom carried the blues on to...
Activity
Illinois Music Education Conference

Taking the “General” Out of Middle School General Music!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Middle schoolers will sing the praises of this music program. The resource, designed as an overview for music instructors, is loaded with ideas, activities, and links. Not a sour note in the packet. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Kindergarten Music Lesson

For Teachers K
Singing, clapping, moving up and down with the melody, it all sounds like a great music lesson. Kinder-musicians sing three different songs to practice memory, speaking, and movement skills. They'll move to the melody, build memory with...
Worksheet
K12 Reader

Identifying Adjectives

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Support your bright young grammarians with identifying adjectives using these simple, yet effective skills practice worksheets. Presenting with a series of 18 sentences children are asked to first circle the...
App
Apple

GarageBand

For Students Pre-K - Higher Ed
Imagine there's a recording studio on your smart phone or tablet. Its easy if you try this tool. Imagine all the instruments you can play. Imagine there's no charge. You may say it's a dream, but you can join this band with just a touch.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rock Around the Clock Math

For Teachers K - 2nd
An engaging and fun lesson on telling time is here for you. In it, young time-tellers listen to the song, "Rock Around the Clock," then use Judy Clocks to practice telling time to the hour and half hour. Finally, using paper plates, each...
Worksheet
Curated OER

French Grammar: Hobbies

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Incorporate grammar into your lesson on hobbies in French. This two-page worksheet has learners review basic articles, prepositions, and the past tense. A great way to review grammar and sports-related vocabulary! 
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Curated OER

The Sentence

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Introduce learners to the wonders and variations found in sentence writing. Several sentence types are defined and exemplified in each slide. Simple, complex, and compound sentences, as well as coordination and subordination are all...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Being Shadowed

For Students K - 2nd
What causes a shadow to appear? Have kindergartners and first graders explore shadows with a fun science activity. After reading a short paragraph about light sources, they draw a shadow for a little girl based on the location of the...
Unit Plan
San Francisco Symphony

Instrument and Visual Appreciation of Art

For Teachers 9th - 12th
There are a lot of great ideas to be found here. To better understand the connection between art and history, learners research several music and art pieces, then relate them to major social events. They study the lives and works...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nature Walk: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 2)

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Walking in nature is the theme of a unit designed to support English language development lessons. Scholars look, write, speak, and move to explore topics such as camping, woodland animals, instruments,...
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PBS

The Sixties: Dylan Plugs in and Sells Out

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Before Woodstock, there was Newport. Get plugged in to the social changes of the 1960s with a lesson that looks at Bob Dylan's performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival as a symbol of the radical changes that marked the era.
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Azar Grammar

Song Lessons: Father and Daughter

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Paul Simon's "Father and Daughter" offers language learners and native English speakers an opportunity to study adverb, adjective, and noun clauses.

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