First graders practice skip counting. In this skip counting lesson plan, 1st graders practice skip counting on a number line. Then students sing a song to help them understand counting by two's.

In the lesson, Alligators, young scholars sing a song about alligators. Students explore characteristics about alligators through learning a song. Young scholars follow the teacher's lead by repeating the teacher and then singing as a...

Students compare Noh drama to western drama and trace the influence of Japanese theater on modern western drama.  In this Noh drama lesson, students read the play Black Tomb (Kurozuko) defining the elements and conventions of Noh...

Students discuss key events of Abraham Lincoln's life. In this Civil War lesson plan, students discuss the major events of Abraham Lincoln's life and role during this time through a song.

In this rounding money activity, students identify the money amounts in each examples and round to the nearest dollar for the 10 examples.

Students use the life cycle of an ant to learn about their own self-esteem. In this self-esteem lesson, students read books about ants and discuss obstacles from the stories as well as the ant behavior.

Learners use a stamped shape image to create a piece of imaginative art. For this stamped art lesson, students use a stamped shape as a starting point to create their own imaginative piece of art that incorporates the stamped shape.

Fourth graders explore language arts by analyzing poetry styles. In this writing analysis instructional activity, 4th graders read several sample poems in class and identify similes, metaphors and other figurative language within them....

Students study the design elements of Art Nouveau, its sources and development. They create art projects in ceramics and glass that exemplify the focus of Art Nouveau as a decorative style.

Embrace cultural diversity and the social and economic benefits that might arise if citizens integrated music into their lives in Paraguay. Encourage students to think about how music can change a country.

Although you'll have to hunt around a little, you'll find some great resources to integrate music into your classroom. Click on "Resources for teachers," to find some fun classroom management ideas. Or find sound effect ideas in...

Music can loosely be defined as organized sound. The lesson objectives, understanding sound is a form of energy, understanding pitch, understanding sound traveling through a medium, and being able to separate music from sound, can...

Students are introduced to the concept of the image of music. After listening to a song, they draw images of it by deciding where different musical instruments were placed during recording. They further investigate audio engineering by...

For this lesson, students learn about sound. Girls and boys are introduced to the concept of frequency and how it applies to musical sounds.

This lesson covers concepts of energy and energy transfer utilizing energy transfer in musical instruments as an example. More specifically, the lesson explains the two different ways in which energy can be transferred between a system...

Read about a math research project done by three college students which helps us see physics and math in music. Here's a great approach for integrating curriculum!

Invite your students to sing, dance, and learn alongside their favorite PBS KIDS friends! Discover new and fun ways to integrate music into lessons, routines, and activities to inspire everyday learning. The curated songs center around...

This website presents the rationale and many ideas for integrating arts into different subject areas.

Excellent site for journalists and others who feel that it is their beat to keep a watchful eye on the political culture of the country through investigations and analyses of public service.

A video workshop for middle school teachers that demonstrates the effect integrating the arts can have on student engagement by addressing different learning styles, promoting creativity, and giving students an alternate means to...

Students will learn to apply the principles and concepts associated with energy and the transfer of energy in an engineering context through the designing and making of a musical instrument. The students must choose from a variety of...

Arts Edge at the Kennedy Center provides this lesson plan for teachers of ESOL students that integrates music into language arts. Students create their own poetry while listening to music about bugs and birds.

To understand the challenges of satellite construction, student teams design and create model spacecraft to protect vital components from the harsh conditions found on Mercury and Venus. They use slices of butter in plastic eggs to...

Students familiar with musical notes and their values can participate in "note bowling." The simple physical activity described at this website can take place in both gym class and in music class.