Instruments

A Fork is a Fork is a Fork ... Or is it?

Posted Feb 15, 2011 by Jana Jean

Ever see a glass tuning fork? Are some materials better suited to make tuning forks? Students will learn the history of the tuning fork and the latest technological advances. They will learn how a tuning fork works and why some materials are better suited to make tuning forks.
 

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GRADE LEVEL
6-8 9-12
SUBJECT
Science
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Acoustics, Brass, Copland, Instruments, Physics, Pitch, Vibrations
 
 
 

Washington Portrait

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Leah Nellis

This cooperative improvisation between fifth and second grade students can be planned and performed in less than one hour, but preparation for the event should include several previous experiences including viewing the famous painting, Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze, hearing the historical details from a variety of sources, engaging in student discussions of the events surround the planning and the Battle of Trenton and identifying targeted musical concepts.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2 3-5
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music
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Biography, Composer, Copland, Dynamics, History, Instruments, Tempo, Vocabulary, War
 
 
 

Surprise! Fun with Food - A Lesson in Dynamics and Adjectives

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Valerie Danels

Students will learn the dynamic levels in musical terms and learn about adjectives in Language Arts, specifically adjectives that describe what kind. Students will listen to Haydn's Symphony No. 94 in G Major, often referred to as the Surprise Symphony.  Students will gather instruments found around the classroom, and sample quiet and noisy foods.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Language Arts
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Composer, Dynamics, Instruments, Orchestra, Vocabulary
 
 
 

Oiseaux exotiques (Exotic Birds)

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Adele Sato

Students will be able to identify Olivier Messiaen's Oiseaux exotiques. Students will acquire some knowledge about the composer and how he replicated real bird calls musically in this composition. Students will be able to create a drawing of their own exotic bird and describe it in great detail so that another student will be able to recreate the drawing. Students will learn the importance of accurate description in writing and following directions in drawing.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Science, Visual Arts
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Animals, Art, Composer, Dynamics, Instruments, Pitch, Vocabulary
 
 
 

Kindergarten Carnival!

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Gael Reed

This is a series of lessons on Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns, and is the culmination of a science unit on animals. During the animal unit, students learned about the different ways animals move. As an extension to the concept of how animals move, they were introduced to the book that accompanies the music of Carnival of the Animals. Each day we read and listened to one selection from the book and CD. We discussed various musical elements such as dynamics, tempo, and orchestration.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Performing Arts-Other, Science, Technology, Visual Arts
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Animals, Art, Composer, Dynamics, Instruments, Orchestra, Reading, Story, Tempo, Vocabulary
 
 
 

Introduction to the Orchestra

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Gail Claus

Students will gain a basic knowledge of acoustics, the families of instruments in the orchestra, an instrument’s pitch range, and how sound is produced by an instrument.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5 6-8
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Performing Arts-Music, Performing Arts-Other, Technology
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Acoustics, Brass, Composer, Concert, Dynamics, Instruments, Orchestra, Percussion , Pitch, String , Tempo, Vibrations , Vocabulary, Woodwind
 
 
 

Emotions in Music

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Kate Sequeia

Music can portray and evoke emotions. What musical elements do you hear that make you feel a certain way? How does the composer use these elements to portray emotion? Students will listen to a musical selection and brainstorm the feelings it evokes, and then move into a writing activity about that emotion.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2 3-5
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Social Science
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Beethoven, Copland, Dynamics, Instruments, Mahler, Orchestra, Sfskids.com, Stravinsky, Vocabulary
 
 
 

Creating with Tempo and Dynamics

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Janet Rowland

This lesson uses Aaron Copland's Billy the Kid as a stimulus for creative thinking. The students will listen for changes in tempo and dynamics in Billy the Kid. Then students will create an abstract painting, and describe the tempo and dynamics they heard in a written composition.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Language Arts, Visual Arts
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Art, Copland, Dynamics, Instruments, Tempo, Vocabulary
 
 
 

Communities: Orchestral Communities, Personal Communities

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Jeff McQueen

Students will be able to relate the similarities and differences experienced by orchestra members and students of a first grade class as connected to the idea of the interdependence within a community. They will recognize that as members of a classroom community there are expectations for jobs, behavior, and intrinsic motivation to function to the best of the individual's ability.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2
SUBJECT
English Language Learner, Performing Arts-Music, Social Science, Special education , Visual Arts
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Art, Copland, History, Instruments, Story, Voice
 
 
 

Communication: Learning the Basics through Music

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Susan Power

This lesson introduces basic communication skills by asking the following questions: What does communication mean? What do good communicators do? Selections from Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland and Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns will help us define musical terms and discover the answers to our questions. Following this lesson, students will have a better understanding of the definition of communication and the different aspects included in the definition.

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GRADE LEVEL
All Levels
SUBJECT
English Language Learner, Language Arts, Special education
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Copland, Dynamics, Instruments, Pitch, Rhythm, Tempo, Vocabulary, Voice
 
 
 
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