Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Music for Kids: How String Instruments Work

For Students 3rd - 8th
Kids learn about how musical string instruments work. Understand what makes the music and notes on this website.
Lesson Plan
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Chinese Instruments

For Teachers K - 1st
Help your students identify and classify Western instruments and traditional Chinese instruments.
Graphic
Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Musical Instrument

For Students 9th - 10th
This wooden musical instrument is in two parts. The main part is a kind of long curved stick to which strings might be attached. The second element of the instrument is a rounded wooden bow, that was used to make music on the strings.
Activity
Michigan Reach Out

Michigan Reach Out!: Making a Shoe Box Guitar

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site provides an experiment where students create a guitar to discover what variables will change sound.