Activity 4: Molds and Casts
(View Complete Item Description)In this activity, students create models in order to compare the fossil types of molds and casts.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
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Activity 6: Clouds and Precipitation - Cloud Formation and Precipitation
(View Complete Item Description)In this activity, students explore cloud formation and precipitation by observing and recording weather data, as well as setting up a "cloud chamber" to observe evaporated water vapor as it condenses and precipitates.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Theme Poems: Writing Extraordinary Poems About Ordinary Objects
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students write theme poems using their content knowledge and sensory awareness of a familiar object. Students first learn about the characteristics and format of a theme poem. They then engage in an online interactive activity in which they select a graphic of a familiar object (e.g., the sun, a heart, a balloon), build a word bank of content area and sensory words related to the object, and write poems within the shape of the object. Finished poems are printed and displayed in class.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Weather Scope
(View Complete Item Description)In this hands-on science unit, students conduct investigations on local and world weather and climate. There are five core lessons and additional supplemental and enrichment activities. The included Teacher Guide consists of detailed, printable lesson plans and curriculum standards covered. Included is a Student Gallery where teachers and students can view student work and upload their own student work. An Ask the Expert section is also included for any questions students may have.
Material Type: Unit of Study
Acting a Song
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students will demonstrate basic understand of acting for musicals by selecting lyrics to memorize and dividing it into moments.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Advanced Seventh Chords
(View Complete Item Description)This lesson site moves into more advanced seventh chords, their construction and inversions. Audio and visual examples are given to reinforce instruction.
Material Type: Interactive, Lesson, Student Guide
Musical Modes Tutorial
(View Complete Item Description)This lesson goes beyond major and minor scales and discusses the different musical modes. It also provides audio examples of each mode.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Overcoming Musical Performance Anxiety
(View Complete Item Description)This article provides some strategies to combat musical performance anxiety.
Material Type: Reading
Music Theory Flash Cards: Intervals
(View Complete Item Description)Students practice their knowledge of intervals using these interactive flash cards.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Book 1, Birth of Rock. Chapter 8, Lesson 1: Gospel Music: The Birth of Soul
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students will trace the influence of Gospel music on early Rock and Roll, particularly in R&B's embrace of such key musical features as the call-and-response and in the uses of complex rhythms. The class will make side-by-side comparisons of Gospel and early Rock and Roll songs, as well as work in groups to chart the overall influence of Gospel on a range of different popular music genres.
Material Type: Full Course
Careers for Music Lovers
(View Complete Item Description)This resource provides an overview of different types of careers for music lovers. The first section profiles several occupations that involve music. The second section describes how you can prepare for a music-related career. The third section details some of the highs and lows of working in music. Employment, wages, and outlook are also reviewed.
Material Type: Reading
World Music Listening Examples
(View Complete Item Description)On this site, students will experience a plethora of listening/video examples from music genres and artists around the world.
Plena, the People's Newspaper: Puerto Rican Music for the Classroom
(View Complete Item Description)Maps, music, and video-recordings can be effectively used to discuss the present and historical incidence of the " plena" . In the way that rap music is referred to as "the people's" CNN, plena, an Afro-Puerto Rican musical form that has much in common with other Caribbean musical expressions, is sometimes referred to as "the newspaper of the people" as it expresses what is going on in the lives of working class people.
Occupational Health Problems of Musicians
(View Complete Item Description)This detailed article gives information on the most common health issues within the music world and lists symptoms and ways to prevent and treat these conditions.
Material Type: Lesson, Reading
Phrases and Cadences
(View Complete Item Description)This lesson site introduces the use of phrases and cadences in music composition. Very useful for the intermediate composer. Audio and visual examples are provided.
Material Type: Lesson