Why does music affect people so deeply? Explore how music impacts the human brain through a video from the American Chemical Society's Reactions series. The narrator discusses the anticipatory elements in different styles of music and studies the brain chemistry that changes with the beat.

Concepts

the brain, emotions, hormones, classical music, music beats, music styles

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Work the resource into a unit on the brain or innate and learned behavior
• Have pupils pick their ultimate playlist, then think critically about similarities and differences in their favorite songs

Classroom Considerations

• Briefly discuss the regions of the brain featured in the video before watching

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• The subject matter has a wide range of appeal—and the narrator presents it in an engaging way
• Diagrams help viewers relate brain anatomy to different chemical reactions produced by music

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2