Students play instruments that reflect sounds in the story: hoots, toots, creaking, shrieks, clacking, crunching, whooshing, etc. They make vocal sounds from the story: whispered, sniffled, sigh, giggled, croaked, laughed. The...

Students investigate the relationship between pitches and notes. In this musical pitches and notes instructional activity, students use different sized bottles, water, and sugar to demonstrate different sounds. Students create musical...

Third graders develop an appreciate for the various cultures that are present in their local community. Through reading and research, they explain how various culture came to live in their area. At the conclusion of the unit, 3rd...

Learners create their own "gift drawings" that are inspired by the dreams and visions of the Shakers. In this gift drawings lesson plan, students learn the history of the Shakers, make their own drawing, and practice elements of design...

Students listen to The Brave Little Monster, by Ken Baker. In this five senses lesson, students identify the different senses that characters experience in the book they are listening to. They review the senses as a class with hands on...

For this multiple intelligences assessment worksheet, students will work with a partner to answer questions designed to determine one's learning styles.

Students define pitch, measure varying amounts of water into containers, make predictions about the sounds made when striking the containers, put containers in order from highest to lowest pitch, and create their own sound patterns with...

In this solar observatory worksheet, learners read about the solar observation data that NASA will be collecting. Students solve 6 problems related to the collection of data using computers to store the solar data using gigabytes,...

Students create Maracas out of various supplies while learning about percussion instruments in this Art and Music lesson for the elementary and middle level classroom. Detailed directions for two different methods are given.

Students explore Chinese culture and Chinese calligraphy. In this Chinese calligraphy activity, students create paintings using Chinese techniques. Students describe the differences in Chinese art and other culture's art. Students listen...

Students research the origins of Samba in Brazil using the internet. After defining new vocabulary, they locate the cities in Brazil using latitude and longitude which practice the Samba. In groups, they compare and contrast the...

In this physical science worksheet, 4th graders complete multiple choice questions about force, simple machines, communication and more. Students complete 25 questions.

Students explore religion by completing a cultural diversity activity. In this human compassion activity, students identify all of "God's Children" as their sisters and brothers. Students read the book Frederick in class and listen to...

Students produce a short choreography composition. Specific guidelines and choice of music are provided. The grade/evaluation takes place in the form of video documentation and a teacher-created rubric.

Students discuss word problems involving time and money. For this mathematics lesson, students solve word problems as a class focusing on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and simple fractions. Students then make their own word...

Students determine the correct homonym to use in a sentence. In this homonym lesson, students take an online quiz. They read a sentence and choose the correct homonym from a list. Students can click to see the correct answer.

Students complete a worksheet on personal traditions. In this cultural traditions lesson, students discuss what a cultural tradition is and why they are important to the members of the culture. Students distinguish between cultural...

Students state the name of major body systems, They identify what each system does and list the major organs in each system. In addition, they complete a puzzle matching organ systems to organ function.

The best part about spin art is that is demonstrates the concept of centrifugal force. Explore the magical spin of gravity as you make colorful art. This lesson idea is short, very simple, and requires a spin art machine.

Students discuss meaning of pitch, listen for different sounds in classroom, hallway, and outdoors, and listen to sounds played on piano and on computer to determine high or low pitch.

Students see that by manipulating sound we can arrange a series of notes referred to as a musical scale. They explain the relationship between pitches and notes. They compare the sounds of different-sized bottles.

Students listen to the music of the Dave Matthews Band in order to discuss and analyze the lyrics. They examine how the songs are presented and determine if the Dave Matthews Band does a good job of presenting the meaning of the lyrics...

Young scholars practice correct rhythms and pitches during this short instructional activity for the middle school instrumental class. Objectives vary depending on music used for the instructional activity. Students assessed through...

Second graders move to, sing, compose, and interpret various musical techniques through the use of "America", Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers", and a song called "Skin and Bones". Emphasis is placed upon identifying names and values...