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Lesson Plan
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Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival Chicago - Chicago Blues

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Watching Great Performances’ Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival Chicago launches an investigation into and discussion of how the electric guitar and guitarists have changed the sound of the blues over time. An engaging way to...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Typical Conceptual Questions for Physics I - Waves, Electricity, and Magnetism

For Students 9th - 12th
This wave and electromagnetism assignment is so thorough, it could be used as a unit exam. The first section of it covers wave concepts. The next section addresses static electricity. There is a section that deals with electric circuits....
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Lesson Plan
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The Electric Guitar: Then and Now

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the history of the electric guitar. In this electric guitar lesson, students use print and Internet sources to research the history of the electric guitar. Students use their research findings to create PowerPoint...
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PPT
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Electricity

For Teachers 8th
The presentation begins with a circuit building activity and two data tables for young scientists to copy and complete. Full of clever animations, it will definitely spark student interest! However, the information is incoherent. You may...
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Worksheet
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The Guitar Family

For Students 6th - 7th
For this music worksheet, students analyze 5 pictures from the guitar family. Students also see how many parts of the guitar they can label by drawing a line from the correct word to the picture.
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Worksheet
K12 Reader

Waves & Currents

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Challenge your young readers with a passage about physical science. After reading about sound waves and electric currents, kids answer five reading comprehension questions about what they have read.
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Lesson Plan
Acoustical Society of America

Musical Instruments

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Mix it up and engage learners in a lesson on music and physical science. Using cups, strings, guitars, and voice, the class will experiment with sound vibration and frequency. They'll use each instrument and fill out a worksheet that...
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Lesson Plan
Science Friday

Make a Speaker

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Make science come in loud and clear. Pupils learn about how a speaker works by building one. The scholars first learn about electromagnetic fields by building an electromagnet. Using that knowledge, they build a crude speaker using a...
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Changing Sounds

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify how the pitch and the loudness of an instrument can be altered. In this online science of sound lesson, students employ the use of an interactive whiteboard to examine the loudness and pitch of a guitar, drum, and...
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Lesson Plan
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The Blues, B.B. King, Muddy Waters

For Teachers 6th - 9th
B.B. King and Muddy Waters are two of the most famous blues performers of all time. In this music lesson, middle schoolers study the early careers and lasting musical contributions of both artists, each of whom carried the blues on to...
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Lesson Plan
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Faraday's Law of Induction

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study Faraday's law of induction and the equations that show how to calculate electromagnetic induction.  In this electromagnetic activity students complete several experiments on the law of induction.
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Lesson Plan
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Fourth Grade Language: Research Process

For Teachers 4th
In this review of fourth grade resource usage worksheet students answer questions about guide words, library database, resources for specific information, parts of a book, and dictionary usage. Students answer 10 questions.
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K12 Reader

Waves and Currents

For Students 6th - 8th
Waves, currents, crests, and troughs. Using information provided in an article about waves and currents, readers define terms used to describe how energy travels.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Topic Books: Musical Instruments

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this ESL musical instruments instructional activity, students assemble the booklet and read about various musical instruments. Students then respond to 6 fill in the blank questions and 4 matching questions regarding the information...
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Lesson Plan
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Types of Popular Music

For Teachers K - 8th
Students listen to different types of music, such as bluegrass, rap and blues. They identify different styles of music and musical instruments. They discuss how the music reflects culture.
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Interactive
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Atoms

For Students 4th - 6th
In this atoms activity, students answer multiple choice questions about atoms. Students complete 3 multiple choice questions about atoms.
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Lesson Plan
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session One (2008)

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination worksheet, students listen to a passage and study a graphic and answer comprehension questions.  Students then compose a letter using information from both passages.
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Worksheet
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Books of the Bible

For Students 9th - 12th
In this secondary mathematics worksheet, students find the names of all the books of the Bible hidden within the words of a story.   The one page worksheet contains one problem.  Answer is not provided. 
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App
Peter Nagy

Virtuoso Piano Free 3

For Students 3rd - 8th
This may be as close to playing a piano as it is possible to get without actually having a physical instrument in the class. Learn the names and sounds of keys, play a solo or a duet, and practice scales or any song you'd like–all for free!
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Lesson Plan
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Sheryl Crow and Willie Nelson - Lesson 2

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students use appropriate terminology to describe the instrumentation and style of a musical example. They identify common elements between musical styles and vocal styles.
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Worksheet
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Key Points about English Folk Music Worksheet

For Students 5th - 7th
In this music worksheet, learners read key points about English folk music including what it is, what instruments are played, its history, and two of its important styles. They answer 10 questions using full sentences before writing a...
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Lesson Plan
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Wyclef Jean for VH1 Storytellers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners use recordings of Wyclef Jean's music to study and explore different styles and techniques.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

African Popular Music

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students explore popular music of West Africa. For this musicians lesson, students complete listening tasks that challenge them to analyze the music of Oumou Sangare, Angelique Kidjo, and Baaba Maal.
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Handout
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English Folk Music

For Students 5th - 8th
In this English folk music worksheet, students read an article pertaining to the history of folk music in England from the times of the Industrial Revolution until the 1970s.