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Curated OER

Investigating Brass Instruments and Pitch

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students observe the sounds of different brass instruments in order to understand how to create different pitches. In this musical instructional activity, students create a "brass" instrument from everyday household objects. The students...
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Acoustical Society of America

Musical Instruments Part I - Woodwinds

For Teachers 6th - 12th
What is the connection between sound and vibration? Learners find out as they conduct a series of experiments with instruments they create. The experiment is well explained, includes modifications for visuall and hearing impaired...
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Curated OER

Sound/Pitch

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners explore how pitch changes when using instruments that are plucked, blown, and hit. In this sound and pitch lesson, students blow across the top of bottles that are filled with water to create sound. Learners use recorders...
Interactive
Physics Classroom

Name That Harmonic: Closed-End air Columns

For Students 9th - 12th
Physics is like music—practice makes perfect! Challenge your class using an interactive that builds harmonic skills. The engaging lesson from a playlist exploring sounds and waves revolves around wave behavior in closed-end air columns....
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Curated OER

Hunt the Fact Monster

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Fact Monster search engine instructional activity, students access the Internet to a specific website to find the answers to five questions with multiple choice answers.
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Curated OER

Learning About Sounds

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners determine the sources of sound. In this auditory discrimination lesson plan, students listen to animal noises and various other noises. As learners listen, they identify the sounds that they hear.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Build-A-Horseshoe Crab

For Teachers K - 6th
Students discover many facts about horseshoe crabs. Students identify the main body parts of horseshoe crab. They explore the habits of the horseshoe crab and their importances to the ecosystem. Adaptations for younger students are...
Interactive
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Brass Instruments

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the science of sound when performing with a brass instrument such as a trumpet or a trombone.
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Musical Instruments

For Students 9th - 10th
Homepage for a hypertext about the different families of musical instruments. From this page, users can retrieve information on a the acoustics of a variety of specific instruments: stringed instruments, woodwind instruments, brass...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Blowing Bottletops: Making Music With Glass Bottles

For Students 6th - 8th
This is a musical project about the resonance of closed-end air columns. Organ pipes, flutes, and brass instruments are examples of musical instruments of this type. In this project, you'll learn how the pitch of the note produced...

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