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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Brass Instruments and Pitch

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will enjoy making their own brass instrument with this interesting lesson plan. Objectives include what factors affect the pitch of brass instruments and what determines pitch.
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Other

Discover Eso: Musical Instruments: Woodwinds

For Students 9th - 10th
Website with information on four woodwind instruments: clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and flute. Students learn about the history and qualities of the instruments and can listen to audio excerpts of the instruments being played.
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The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute: History of Science and Technology: Weather Instruments

For Students 9th - 10th
A look back in time at weather instruments used in previous centuries. Includes pictures and descriptions of instruments from Franklin Institute's historical collection.
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PBS

Classics for Kids: Instruments of the Orchestra

For Students 3rd - 6th
See and hear the instruments of the orchestra.
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Building and Using Weather Instruments

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson students will build and learn how to use three weather. They will use these instruments to collect weather data over a period of two weeks.
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Music Education

Learn About Instruments: Strings

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Other

Homemade Instruments

For Students 3rd - 5th
Do you want to make an egg shaker? Come to this website and find out how. Homemade instruments can be made from different household items. Don't miss out on all of the music that can be made at home or school.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Music for Kids: How Brass Instruments Work

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about how brass instruments work. Musical notes made with slides, valves, and bells.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Music for Kids: Brass Instruments

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about various musical brass instruments like the trumpet, trombone, and tuba on this website. Also discussed are styles of music and how they work.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Woodwind Instruments and Pitch

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students will enjoy making their own woodwind instruments. They will also discover how the instruments change pitch based on the length of the airpipe.
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Other

The Instruments of Celtic Music

For Students 9th - 10th
Providing a brief overview of the most common instruments in Celtic music, this site also lists other links to search for further information.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Music for Kids: Woodwind Instruments

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site contains information about various musical woodwind instruments like the flute, clarinet, and oboe. Learn about their styles of music and how they work.
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Piccolo, Woodwind Instrument

For Students 3rd - 5th
Read about the woodwind family and how it is divided. Learn about the piccolo and how it is played. Use RealAudio or Windows Media Player to listen to the piccolo on its own and with the orchestra.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Chords, Secants, and Tangents

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students construct chords, secants, and tangents. From those constructions, they develop a deeper understanding of the terms, as well as explore certain properties of the constructions.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Segments Formed by Intersecting Chords, Secants, and Tangents

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This activity is designed to help students discover several important theorems concerning lengths of segments formed by intersecting chords, secants, and tangents.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Circular Motion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In UCM, the net force called Fc is equal to mv2/r and is directed toward the center. This is demonstrated by an object that is suspended by a string and is moving in a circular path which makes a conical pendulum. In this experiment, you...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Logarithmic Functions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
These questions test knowledge of the definition of a logarithm, domain and range of logarithmic functions, and properties of logarithms. Questions are true/false and multiple-choice; solutions are provided.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Behaviors Exponential Function

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This StudyCard stack teaches and tests on the exponential function. Shows connection between the function parameters and the resulting geometric behaviors of the exponential function. Use with Foundations for College Mathematics, ch. 6.1.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Repeated Skip Counting and Multiplication

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students will explore how to write equivalent repeated addition and multiplication number sentences with the aid of calculators.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Sampling Distributions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students study the distribution of sample proportions with a simulation. They find a small sample size leads to skewed distribution and as the sample size increases, the distribution becomes more normal.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Line of Best Fit

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In these questions, students will find the linear equation of best fit for a set of data and interpret the correlation coefficient. Questions are multiple-choice and true/false; solutions are provided.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Law of Large Numbers: A Weighty Decision

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will explore the Law of Large Numbers. By examining unfair models, they will expand their understanding of probability. They predict the weighting of an unfair model by analyzing experimental data and...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Exploring Quadrilaterals With Cabri Jr.

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students can use Cabri Jr. software on their TI-83/84 calculator to connect consecutive midpoints of different quadrilaterals and analyze and determine characteristics of the new quadrilateral formed.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Addition Check With Calculators

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will solve addition problems and use calculators to check their answers.

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