Boombox Classroom: Found Instruments

In this music worksheet, students draw an illustration of a mechanical instrument they would like to build. They describe the material it would be made from. Students fill in the blanks to describe the mechanical instrument Haydn and...

In this music learning exercise, students listen to the Boombox Classroom radio broadcast. Students then answer a question about the piano trio.

For this music worksheet, students read about improvisation. Students choose their favorite instrument, a saxophone or a bass, and draw a picture of it. Students can then do a small maze.

In this music vocabulary worksheet, students copy each word in the letter blanks provided. For each word there is a matching picture.

Here’s a cross-curricular program music activity that uses Peer Gynt to engage class members. Groups take one section of “In the Hall of the Mountain King,” choreograph their section of the tune to represent the story as they imagine it,...

Students construct simple musical instruments. In this music lesson plan, students read the text Max Found Two Sticks and construct their own instruments from classroom materials.

Students read any book in the "Peter and the Wolf" series. As a class, they discuss the characters and assign instruments to represent each person. They play their instruments at the proper time when the story is reread.

Students use various materials to build and play simple percussion based on a Silk Road design, and write step-by-step instructions for others about how to make and play instrument.

Students create instruments to demonstrate their understanding of how the science of vibrations is used to create sounds.

Students learn background information about the tabla. In this tabla instructional activity, students build and play their own tabla. Students relate this information to other percussion instruments. Students gain understanding of timbre...