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Curated OER

The Role of Music in Time of War

For Students 9th
In this music and war worksheet, 9th graders read about the instruments and the types of music the are popular during times of war. They read about the Big Band era that took place during World War II before answering 5 associated...
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Curated OER

How They Get Building Materials Out of the Ground

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students experience a virtual quarry. In this science musical lesson plan, students understand how materials are quarried and manufactured from rocks, musically interpret a quarrying sequence with untuned musical instruments, and...
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Curated OER

The North and South Magnetic Poles

For Students 7th - 9th
In this north and south magnetic poles worksheet, students read about the presence of auroras over the earth's magnetic poles as opposed to the geographic poles. Students use 2 photographs taken by the IMAGE FUV and the Polar instruments...
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Curated OER

Rhythm in Language - Feel the SWAMP BEAT!

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore the rhythm of words. In this reading skills lesson, students read Bedtime at the Swamp and use rhythm instruments to find the cadence in the words of the story. Students listen for rhythm in other written text as they...
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Curated OER

The Right Time

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compute and estimate using mental mathematics, paper-and-pencil methods, calculators, and computers. They measure and compare quantities using appropriate units, instruments and methods. They utilize worksheets imbedded in this...
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Curated OER

Weather Watchers - Measuring Weather

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
Students explain ways that meteorologists measure and predict weather, collaborate on creating some weather measurement instruments and keep a weather journal for one week.
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Curated OER

Everybody's Boppin', Lambert, Hendricks and Ross

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars probe the musical style of scat singing with imitation instruments. While listening to the musical pieces, they identify when one singer finishes and another begins. The singing groups' styles are contrasted in this lesson.
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Curated OER

Angus Young: Master of the Guitar

For Students 7th - 12th
Angus Young was the lead guitarist of AC/DC. Quiz your students' knowledge of this great musician with 10 multiple-choice questions. Note: You can print this out, or have your class take the quiz online. Answers are provided after...
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Curated OER

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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Curated OER

AT THE CORRAL

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study dotted eighth/sixteenth note rhythm pattern using percussion instruments and alternating from "corral to corral" in groups of 4-6. They play the pattern while listening to selected American western theme songs.
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Curated OER

Dizzy Gillespie

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare and contrast two songs by Dizzy Gillespie and identify elements of bebop. They construct a Web page about Gillespie and his music.
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Curated OER

Tap Your Feet

For Teachers K - 1st
Students access a website to examine how to follow a pattern. They find their own heartbeats and tap along with the beat. They access a second website to design a class composition before showing how they keep the beat. They use...
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Curated OER

Australian Aboriginal Art and Storytelling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Young explorers investigate Australian Aboriginal culture by listening to traditional Dreamtime stories and examining dot paintings created by Aboriginal artists. In addition, they locate the country on maps, discuss the geography of...
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Curated OER

Children's Rights/Child Labor - Photos & Posters as Instruments of Change

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners research the use of students for labor around the globe. Using magazine pictures, they create a poster showing the various conditions they are subject to. They compare and contrast the differences in regions and evaluate the...
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Rock ’N Learn

Missing Instrument Beginning Consonant G Ending Consonant X

For Students 2nd
For this phonics activity instructional activity, 2nd graders follow directions to color a picture. They color yellow the words that have the same beginning sound as queen and color red the words that have the same ending sound as fox.
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Curated OER

Great Gatsby's Jazz

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
As Nick wanders the grounds of Gatsby's mansion, he observes the behaviors of the rowdy guests and listens to the music pouring over the lawn. Bring the music of the jazz age into the classroom with Louis Armstrong's "West End Blues,"...
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Weather Bug

WeatherBug

For Students 1st - 12th
Exploring the weather has never been more intriguing! Whether you are looking for a quick glance at the 10-day forecast, trying to figure out if lightning is heading your way, or wondering what the pollen count is, you will find out...
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Scholastic

Study Jams! The Human Body

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
A brief set of anatomy slides introduces viewers to the five levels of organization (cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organisms). The slides focus on the muscular, circulatory, respiratory, and digestive systems. 
Interactive
Scholastic

Study Jams! Natural Resources

For Students 4th - 8th
Use this slide show to introduce your class to some of our most useful natural resources. The text beneath the photographs differentiates between renewable and non-renewable resources. The need for conservation of resources and human...
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Scholastic

Study Jams! Simple Machines

For Students 4th - 8th
Here is a tri-faceted resource that has a slide show, a quiz, and a vocabulary list that you can use to teach simple machines. Six machines are introduced: wheels and axles, planes, levers, pulleys, wedges, and screws. Slides contain...
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T. Smith Publishing

Percussion Instruments

For Students K - 3rd
Xylophone, drum, cymbals, tambourine, bell. Introduce kindergarten and primary schoolers to percussion by asking them to trace the names of five percussion instruments. 
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Let's Drum!

Let's Drum!

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Here's a group of exercises designed to introduce a group or class to the rhythm, as well as the basic sounds of a drum, bass and tone. Individuals investigate different types of drums and form drum circles to practice traditional...
Organizer
WHB Elementary School Band

Circle of Fifths: Major Keys

For Students 2nd - 12th
How many sharps and flats are their in each of the major keys? Help keep your young musicians sharp with a printable template that models how to identify the signature for the major keys' sharps and flats.
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Fun Music Company

Writing Major Scales

For Students 2nd - 12th
Designed as an assessment of understanding, this one-page worksheet asks musicians to demonstrate their understanding of scales by drawing C, G, and F Major scales on the provided staffs. 

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