Students differentiate distance and displacement. In this physics lesson, students use formulas to calculate for displacement. They draw vectors using the grid.

After learning about different stringed instruments, students create their own and then investigate how length and width of the strings affect the pitch. Lesson includes handouts, a rubric, a bibliography, and links.

A site devoted to the repair of string instruments. Clear commentary and good illustrations to educate you about most common repairs needed by string instruments.

Learn about string instruments in this image gallery with descriptions of some of the most common string instruments.

Learn the ranges of all of the string instruments. The chart shows the written pitch and the sounding pitch. There are also comments about some of the instruments ranges.

Access the collection of stringed musical instruments housed at the Library of Congress. Photographs, construction details, recordings, articles, and related resources.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about string instruments. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

A great resource for teachers, students, and performers of string instruments. Very indepth "how-to" descriptions, care information, procedural movies, and more.

Homepage for a hypertext about the different families of musical instruments. From this page, users can retrieve information on a the acoustics of a variety of specific instruments: stringed instruments, woodwind instruments, brass...

During this lesson young scholars will learn to identify and name the instruments in the string family of the orchestra. Students will also order the string instruments from highest to lowest sound.

Kids learn about how musical string instruments work. Understand what makes the music and notes on this website.

On this site, students can investigate about various musical string instruments like guitar, violin, and cello. Syles of music and how they work.

Read this magazine article to learn about string instruments such as the violin including how it is made, how it is played, and how it works.

This website lists common problems that violin players might have with the major parts of their instrument: the soundpost, bridge, strings and tailgut. Read tips on how to resolve many of these problems and how to keep your violin in...

This resource is for beginning violinists to learn how to take care of their new instrument. Includes a labeled diagram of a violin and advice on maintenance.

Learn general information about various string instruments, including the viola and cello, and hear audio clips to hear what these instruments sound like when played.

Help your students identify and classify Western instruments and traditional Chinese instruments.

Use this resource to learn about the harp, find out how it is played and see pictures. Use RealAudio or Windows Media Player to listen to the harp play with the rest of the orchestra.

This article provides general information about the harp. Discusses the harp's origins and their significance in different cultures.

See and hear the instruments of the orchestra.

In this project, you will investigate the physics of standing waves on guitar strings. You will learn about the different modes (i.e., patterns) of vibration that can be produced on a string, and you will figure out how to produce the...

An interactive and printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Musical Instruments.

This challenge is to build a four-stringed musical instrument that can play a tune on different pitches.

A very in-depth site concerning ancient music instruments. Organized into various groups such as organ, strings, percussion and others, this site details many of the instruments found in ancient music.