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Curated OER

Rain Forests

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students watch a PowerPoint presentation about the layers of the rainforest. They create a paper rainforest in the classroom. They take notes from the presentation and write a paragraph to include in a layer book. They create a...
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Curated OER

Trades People

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discuss the names of the people who work on various stuctures. They examine the many different roles people in construction can have. They match tools with the correct job and sing songs about workers.
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Curated OER

Japanese Family Crests

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students create an artistic crest that represents either themselves, their group of friends, or their their family.
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Curated OER

Ani-mania

For Teachers K - 1st
Students view and discuss Robert Harris' farm landscapes and create their own mural out of wood. In groups, they discuss various issues affecting pets throughout the world and create a way to protest or celebrate the issue. They try to...
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Curated OER

An Opening Time Line Project

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create a time line of their life starting at birth and each year after that up to their current age. They write and illustrate one important thing for each year, and place their time lines on poster board.
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Curated OER

Putting Together History Puzzle Pieces

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students attempt to put puzzle pieces together with no prior knowledge. This activity shows students at the beginning of the year that history is like a puzzle, there are often missing pieces, and many ways the pieces can turn to look...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Calculating Musical Tempo

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this activity, students calculate the beats per minute (BPM) of songs in different tempos. Media resources and teacher materials are included.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Fractions, Multiples, Beats, and Measures

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Engage your students in a lesson that uses music to identify multiples and fractions. Your students will enjoy participating in this activity as they learn and explore music and math.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Music and Math: The Genius of Beethoven

For Students 9th - 10th
How is it that Beethoven, who is celebrated as one of the most significant composers of all time, wrote many of his most beloved songs while going deaf? The answer lies in the math behind his music. Natalya St. Clair employs the...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Musical Patterns

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will become familiar with the concept of patterning by using musical instruments to repeat and create patterns of sounds.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science, GEMS Project funded by...
Professional Doc
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math and Art: Collection

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This collection of 25 lesson plans uses dance, drama, music, and visual arts to teach math concepts.
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PBS

Pbs: Jazz and Math: The Beat Goes On

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson will require students to collect data through listening, counting and timing. They will use ratios, rates, and proportions to report data. They will also demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of rhythm and tempo in music.
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PBS

Pbs: Jazz and Math: The Fibonacci Keyboard

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teach a lesson about the piano keyboard using the Fibonacci Sequence. Explore with your students the various relationships the Fibonacci Sequence has with music.
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Musical Fractions an Introduction

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders use math, music and technology in this engaging lesson on fractions!
Professional Doc
Songs for Teaching

Songs for Teaching

For Teachers K - 1st
Finding music to use to teach across the curriculum is no longer a problem once you use this site. Songs are grouped by subject area, and cover classroom management as well as content areas. There even lesson plans and ideas from other...
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Other

Homework Spot

For Teachers K - 1st
Check out this all-encompassing website. From this location students can surf and get information on any subject. Forget about 6 to 10 different URLs --just use this one to get what you need!
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Other

Danielle's Place: Bible Theme Crafts for Kids

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
If you teach religion to elementary students, then you have to see this site! It is overflowing with creative ideas to use in your classroom and will get your students excited about the Bible. Many of these lessons also integrate math,...
Article
OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Keys and Scales Are Sets

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Help your students identify sets and intersections of sets with this musical activity. Using the concept of key signatures, students will learn that scales are sets of notes. Included with this lesson plan are downloadable worksheets and...
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PBS

Pbs: Mathline: Tessellations Wow! [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An integrated geometry lesson on spatial sense in which students identify and use different shapes to create a tessellation. "Through a variety of modalities such as writing, music, art, poetry, and literature, students are introduced to...