Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Logos

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a presentation incorporating an originally created logo to advertise a new drink product. After creating their logo, students produce create an advertising campaign for their new product. Advertisements are presented to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Movement Adventure

For Teachers K
Students discover movement and pantomime techniques in this adventurous story telling experience for kindergarten. Assessment is done through a short question and answer session and students drawing the "adventure".
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pata Pata Pat Pat

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars are exposed to the arts with a simple, introductory rhythm/dance activity which can lead into the traditional Pata Pata folk dance, or dance in general.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animal Habitats

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore animal lifestyles by researching their characteristics. In this animal habitat lesson, students read the story Over in the Jungle and analyze the animal illustrations in the book. Students create clay animal characters...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Water Dance

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students act like the changes in the four seasons by moving like water in each season.
Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Interference of Sound

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the interference of sound and its causes. Well-illustrated and good explanations of the concepts; part of a large hyper-textbook on various physics concepts.
Article
University of New South Wales (Australia)

University of New South Wales: Introduction to Flute Acoustics

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the physics of sound production of a flute. How do things like tone holes and register holes effect the acoustics of a flute? Learn more about that and more at this well researched site.
Article
OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Sound and Music

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Introduce some activities that introduce students to the physics of sound. They will also learn how various instruments produce sound. Included are downloadable pdf worksheets and answer sheets to use.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: Open End Air Columns

For Students 9th - 10th
Through illustrated diagrams and interactive practice examples, students explore the physics of sound in open-end air column musical instruments.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: Closed End Air Columns

For Students 9th - 10th
Through illustrated diagrams and interactive practice examples, students explore the physics of sound in closed-end air column musical instruments.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: The Human Ear

For Students 9th - 10th
Using diagrams and animations, students discover how the anatomy of the ear and the physics of sound waves work together to allow us to hear.
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Beats and Interference of Sound Waves Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Review of how to produce beats through the constructive and destructive interference of sound waves.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Speed of Sound

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What the speed of sound is and its variation in different media, and the effect of temperature on the speed of sound.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves & Music: Reflection, Refraction, Diffraction

For Students 9th - 10th
In this illustrated physics tutorial, students learn about sound wave behaviors and apply them to the reflection, diffraction, and refraction of sound waves.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: Sound Is a Mechanical Wave

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive physics tutorial allows students to investigate the nature, properties and behaviors of sound waves and apply basic wave principles towards an understanding of music.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: Intensity and the Decibel Scale

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore intensity of sound waves and the decibel scale in this interactive physics tutorial.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: Boundary Behavior

For Students 9th - 10th
Students study animations and diagrams to learn about the reflection behavior of sound waves.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Sound Interference and Resonance: Standing Waves in Air Columns

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to define antinode, node, fundamental, overtones, and harmonics; identify instances of sound interference in everyday situations; describe how sound interference occurring inside open and...
Primary
Other

Physics and Psychophysics of Music

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is filled with information pertaining to the physics of sound and music.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: The Speed of Sound

For Students 9th - 10th
Students discover factors that affect the speed of sound waves through a medium with illustrated examples and interactive practice problems.
Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Behavior of Sound Waves: Interference and Beats

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial looks at the behavior of sound waves, specifically focusing upon sound interference and beats. Learn more about it and then take a short quiz to check your understanding.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: Pitch and Frequency

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this interactive physics tutorial to introduce students to the concepts of pitch and frequency in sound waves.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: Sound Is a Pressure Wave

For Students 9th - 10th
Students see illustrated diagrams and animations to help them understand the pressure characteristics of a sound wave.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: Natural Frequency

For Students 9th - 10th
Through animations, videos, and text, students discover that all objects have a natural frequency or set of frequencies at which they vibrate.