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'Cmon - Feel the Noise!

Posted Aug 16, 2009 by Heidi Doyle and Joanne Sweet

How does someone who is deaf enjoy music?  Can they hear it?  Can they make it?  Through exploring the life and music of Evelyn Glennie, students will understand that music is sound produced by vibrations, and will create their own instrument out of found objects to compose a musical score for presentation.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Science
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Acoustics, Art, Instruments, Percussion , Vibrations
 
 
 

Earthquake Symphonies

Posted Aug 16, 2009 by Rick Carreiro

Can earthquakes write music?  Using seismograms and music score sheets, students record the earth’s movements to create Earthquake Symphonies.  Students listen to and analysis the music of Beethoven’s Eroica and how it relates to the movement of the earth.

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GRADE LEVEL
9-12
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Science
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Acoustics, Beethoven, Dynamics, Geography, Physics, Rhythm, Tempo, Vocabulary
 
 
 

Musical Instruments and the Science of Sound

Posted Aug 16, 2009 by Diane Immethun

Students are able to demonstrate the difference in pitch and dynamics that can be produced on various instruments through vibrations.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Science
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Acoustics, Dynamics, Instruments, Pitch, Vibrations
 
 
 

Sounds of Music

Posted Aug 16, 2009 by Rebecca Cardon

Can we hear the sounds of music?  Students will predict how well they think they can detect the dynamics of music by well known composers.  Through scientific inquiry, students will create an entry for the science fair which compares predictions with data collected by a Quacker Tracker while their musical selection is played.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Science
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Acoustics, Beethoven, Composer, Copland, Dynamics, Percussion , Physics, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Vibrations
 
 
 

The Music of Oceans

Posted Aug 16, 2009 by Sheryl Doolittle

Through this multi-sensory lesson, students are introduced to the four oceans of the world.  The use of music, art and creative movement increase the experiential learning of all students.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Science
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Art, Dynamics, Geography, Melody
 
 
 

Exploring the Night Sky with Van Gogh and Mozart

Posted Aug 17, 2009 by Kathy Davis

Throughout history, the night sky has been the object of much speculation, investigation and imagination by scientists and mathematicians, as well as the subject for creations and compositions by musicians and visual artists.  Mozart’s (12) “Variations on ‘Ah Vous Dirai-je Maman” and “The Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh will stimulate students’ interest in the art of the evening sky. 

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Visual Arts, Science
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TAGS
Art, Dynamics, Reading, Tempo
 
 
 

Beethoven's Barometer

Posted Apr 30, 2010 by Leah Nellis

Students will have made visual and numerical representations of change by making aural observations of the musical dynamics of a recorded excerpt from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, first movement. They will record the data in a bar graph and make observations about the changes and effects, which they may apply as a storytelling device.

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GRADE LEVEL
3-5
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Math, Science
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TAGS
Beethoven, Dynamics, Poetry, Story
 
 
 

Leaves in the Key of Autumn

Posted Apr 30, 2010 by Adele Sato

Students listen to Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Autumn, and describe emotion, tempo, and dynamics. Students engage kinesthetically as they move to the music and learn about the composer. Students learn the scientific reasons for fall leaves changing color.  Students sing the poem "Little Leaves" to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle and the tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat. Students do a choral reading of "Colors of Fall." Students will collect real autumn leaves, then draw and paint them as their interpretation of Vivaldi's Autumn.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2 3-5
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Visual Arts, Science
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Art, Dynamics, Poetry, Tempo
 
 
 

Steel Vibrations

Posted Apr 30, 2010 by Scott Filleman

This lesson is designed to teach how sound is produced and how its qualities change depending on the medium through which vibrations pass. The students will be able to 1) identify parts of a sound (sine) wave: amplitude, frequency, phase, crest, and valley; 2) explain the difference between a pure tone and a sound with harmonics; and 3) explain how different musical instruments produce different qualities of sound (timbre).

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GRADE LEVEL
9-12
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Science
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TAGS
Percussion , Physics, Vibrations
 
 
 

The Chemistry of Fireworks

Posted Apr 30, 2010 by Jana Jean

Students will listen to Music for the Royal Fireworks by George Frideric Handel (commissioned to celebrate the signed Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1749) and design a virtual fireworks display to accompany the music. Students will learn that the specific colors in a firework display are created when atoms of a particular element or a combination of elements are energized by the firework's heat. They will learn that the shape of the firework display is determined by the shape and structure of one particular component inside the firework shell.

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GRADE LEVEL
9-12
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Visual Arts, Science
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TAGS
Physics
 
 
 

Adventures in Tempo

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Carmen Cobler

Students will discover the differences in musical tempo between fast and slow.  Students will learn to use the correct musical terms to describe the tempo of each piece of music.  Students will use streamers and their bodies to show at what tempo each piece is played.

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GRADE LEVEL
PK-2
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Language Arts, Science
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TAGS
Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Tempo
 
 
 

Arcimboldo, Vivaldi and Healthy Foods Collage

Posted Dec 21, 2010 by Laurie Burghardt

This lesson focuses on the collage-like paintings of the Italian Mannerist painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo. The four paintings named after the seasons are La Primavera (Spring), L'Esate (Summer), L'Autunno (Autumn), and L'Inverno (Winter). This lesson integrates an art history lesson on Arcimboldo, a visual arts lesson on collage, a health lesson on healthy foods, and a classical music appreciation lesson on Antonio Vivaldi and his four violin concertos entitles The Four Seasons.
 

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GRADE LEVEL
All Levels
SUBJECT
Performing Arts-Music, Social Science, Visual Arts, Science
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TAGS
Art, Composer
 
 
 
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