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Music theory.net: The Major Scale

For Students 9th - 10th
A terrific reference for music students and teachers! Explains the fundamentals of the major scale, provides diagrams, and audio clips to help children recognize this piece of music theory.
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Music theory.net: Scale Degrees

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough explanation of scale degrees and the various names for each note. Provides illustrated examples and audio clips to enhance the lesson. Terrific resource for music students and teachers!
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Toby Rush

Music Theory: The Major Scales [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A music theory worksheet regarding the major scales. Requires Adobe Reader [PDF].
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Constructing Major Scales

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipcharts explains the major music scales and guides students through activities finding and labeling notes on a keyboard. Student assessment items are included.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Major Keys and Scales

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To learn about the list of major scales
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Minor Keys and Scales

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To discuss the interval patter of minor scales and their difference from major scales
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Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Scales That Aren't Major or Minor

For Students 9th - 10th
As the title suggests, this site defines and gives examples of various other types of scales including chromatic, whole tone, blues scales and more.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Do Re Mi With Straws

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this fun science fair project about the physics of musical sound production. Here you will make musical instruments with drinking straws, one for each note on a one-octave major scale. You will figure out the right lengths for...
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The Tonal Center/diatonic Scales

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive summary of basic music theory. Commentary is thorough yet practical. Information on tonality, chords, scales, cadences, etc. This pages is on diatonic scales.
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Music theory.net: Diatonic Triads

For Students 9th - 10th
Descriptions of diatonic triads: major, natural minor, and harmonic minor. Provides animated illustrations, and a printable chart at the end of the lesson.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Scales That Are Not Major or Minor

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To explain the various musical scales that cannot be classified as major or minor such as chromatic, whole-tone, pentatonic, blues, and scales from non-Western music
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Octaves and the Major Minor Tonal System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To introduce the relationship between frequency, octaves, major, minor, and chormatic scales, and tonal music
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Music Theory First Aid for Struggling Students

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides music theory information on such topics as rhythm, intervals, scales, chords, etc. Also, there is a fine section which describes the basic concepts of form and structure.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Temperature, Kinetic Theory, & the Gas Laws: Conceptual Questions

For Students 11th - 12th
This page provides a list of 22 questions over the major concepts in Chapter 13: Temperature, Kinetic Theory, and the Gas Laws from the AP Physics online text.
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Dr. Brian Blood: Music Theory and History Online

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhaustive resource with everything concerning music theory. From ear training to music history, this site covers it all.
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Music Fundamentals

For Students 9th - 10th
This is like a music theory textbook online. It includes great explanations and assignments, although there is not a way to check your completed assignments. It begins with the basics and goes through triads. Midi files are included.
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Music theory.net: Key Signature Calculation

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of key signature calculation for advanced music students. Discusses the use of sharps and flats in music composition, with illustrated examples. (You may need to download Flash player to view this site.)
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Detail Drawings: Communicating With Engineers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are introduced to detail drawings and the importance of clearly documenting and communicating their designs. They are introduced to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Y14.5 standard, which controls how engineers...
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Music theory.net

For Students 9th - 10th
An online beginning music theory and ear training site. This site is for students to use at home to reinforce what they learn in class.
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Alien Travel Guide: Elements of Music the Basics

For Students 3rd - 8th
Fine site created for Canadian schools devoted to basic elements of music, including pitch, acoustics, time signatures, keys, and rhythm.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Musical Mode

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Wikipedia Encyclopedia provides an encyclopedia article about modes in music discusses how their names were derived, lists the major and minor modes, lists characteristics of each mode and examples of songs that you...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Half Steps and Whole Steps

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look at the two intervals of the half step and whole step and how they make up the chromatic and whole tone scales. This page includes a couple of self checking problems to test your knowledge.
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Crescent Public Schools

The Internet Science Room: Chemistry Class Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
This introduction to chemistry class reviews some major concepts to help prepare students for a high school chemistry course.
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BBC

Bbc: News: Guide to Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC offers an interactive guide to climate change, including a sliding scale depicting climate change from 1885 to 2099, animation which explores how the greenhouse effect works, and detailed diagrams exploring the carbon cycle, the...

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