Curated OER
Teaching About Trade in the Ancient Mediterranean
Sixth graders examine the trade routes in the Mediterranean of the Ancient world. In groups, they view slides of artifacts while answering questions on a worksheet. After watching a video, they discuss how each object was found and...
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Create and Play: Musical Families
Learn about the different groups of musical instruments. Book includes audio narration in 6 additional languages with text in English.
Other
Instrumental Music as Worship Forbidden by Law of Moses
Read an interesting discussion about why instrumental music was forbidden as worship according to the Laws of Moses.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Clifford the Big Red Dog: Let's Make Music!
Explore music at home and in class with homemade instruments. In "Top of the Charts," Emily Elizabeth gets inspired to create the happiest song in the world. Emily Elizabeth, Jack, Pablo, Samantha, and Clifford pool their talents and...
PBS
Classics for Kids: Music
This resource is dedicated to introducing students to classical music. Students can study the history of music, listen to music, review different kinds of instruments, and explore musical careers.
Other
Musical Math
This site includes 14 activities which explore how math and music are related. Great exercise opportunity for any student to sharpen their math and musical skills.
Read Works
Read Works: Musical Instruments Woodwind Instruments
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about woodwind instruments. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Musical Instruments String Instruments
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about string instruments. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Musical Instruments the Didgeridoo
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about an Australian instrument called a didgeridoo. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Musical Instruments Percussion Instruments
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about percussion instruments. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Musical Instruments the Bugle and Taps
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the bugle and its most recognized song, "Taps." A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Music Across America
This curriculum unit devoted to the study of American music features five lesson plans that help students identify instruments, recognize styles and genres of American music and begin to comprehend the rich diversity of American music.
Smithsonian Institution
Lemelson Center: Spark!lab: Invent a Musical Whirligig
Students can easily create a musical whirligig to study sound production. These instruments are constructed out of everyday materials and allows students to use their imagination to make music.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Music, Dance Performance: Chance & Data
Nadir and his family play in a band. Can you help him get all the instruments together? In these activities, students will write data using symbols, use one object to represent one item, create a column graph, and determine whether...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Energy Transfer in Musical Instruments
This instructional activity covers concepts of energy and energy transfer utilizing energy transfer in musical instruments as an example. More specifically, the instructional activity explains the two different ways in which energy can...
Read Works
Read Works: Musical Instruments: Brass Instruments I
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about brass musical instruments. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Musical Instruments: The Symphony Orchestra
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the instruments in a symphony orchestra. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Instrumental Talent
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a young lady named Ruby Jane Smith who can play eleven different musical instruments. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: "The Sound of Music"
This activity will use tuning forks and the CBR to gather sound wave data for students to use to write Sine (or Cosine) functions. In this activity we study waves of known musical notes before studying waves of unknown musical notes. I...
Other
Guitar Nine: Are Lessons and Music School Really Worth It?
Even though this article is aimed at young guitarists, this is an excellent read for any young musician. This well- written column provides strong legitimate reasons for considering private lessons.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Music, Dance Performance: Multiplication
This interactive site provides students an opportunity to practice their multiplication skills by helping organize and count musical instruments.
Stephen Byrne
History for Kids: Egyptian Music
Information on instruments and the importance of music in ancient Egyptian culture. Includes photos, links to worksheets, activities and quizzes.
Other
Naeyc: Help Your Child Build Fine Motor Skills
There are lots of activities that can increase muscle strength and coordination, preparing children for more advanced skills, from writing with a pencil, using a computer mouse, or playing a musical instrument. Help your child build fine...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Music for Kids: History of the Guitar
Where did this musical instrument come from? Students can study the history of the guitar on this site.