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Fun With Music star star star
Get an inside look at the orchestra at this fun site from the San Francisco Symphony. You can learn about the instruments in an orchestra. In the Music Lab you can learn about tempo, rhythm, pitch, and harmony. Once you've mastered the basics, try your hand at the Composerizer and compose your own music or try the Performalator and play your own music! For your listening pleasure, tune in to the radio and listen to some great classical music.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes

The Music Room star star star star star
Learn all about music from notation and composition to music styles and history at this site from the Capistrano School! You can find just about anything you need to know about music here! There are even audio samples that explain and demonstrate music concepts.
Intended Audience: Students/Teachers Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No

Kididdles Musical Mouseum star star
Find the lyrics to over 2000 kids songs! From Found a Peanut to Baby Bumble Bee, you'll find all your favorites and learn some great new tunes! You will even find audio files of some tunes and the hand movements to make while you are singing them.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary School Teacher Section: No Searchable: Yes

Making Tracks star star
The Website for this BBC radio show for kids and teens explores how music is made and features live and archived broadcasts and an interactive studio where you can compose music.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

Radio Disney star star
You can dance like Lance, play a music poetry slam, mix your own video as well as listen to live broadcasts and learn about your favorite music stars.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

Youth Radio star star
This radio program by teens for teens features news; music, movie, and book reviews; feature stories; and online webcasts.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

Creating Music star
Try your hand at composing and playing with music at this interactive site for kids.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

NY Philharmonic Kidzone star
Can you tell the difference between a violin and a viola? You can learn about the instruments in an orchestra, explore the music and lives of famous composers, play some music games or try you hand at composing your own music at this site from the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

PBSJazz Kids star
Are you a cool cat? This site from PBS lets you try your hand at jazz improvisation, you can also learn about some of the great artists in jazz and follow the history of jazz with an interactive timeline. Note: You will need to install the Beatnik plug in to use some features of the site.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

DSO Kids star star
See what all of the instruments in the orchestra sound like, learn about orchestra seating through different time periods, play games like Beethoven Baseball and Composer's Keyboard, learn how to make your own instrument, or listen to some great music at this site from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra!
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No

From the Top star star
This Website for the weekly radio series that showcases the nation's most outstanding young classical musicians includes audio files of performances, profiles of musicians, lesson plans, and an ask the expert section.
Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle/High School Teacher Section: Yes Searchable: No

Young Composers star star star
Listen to music composed by kids, teens, and young adults in a variety of genres from classical and baroque to jazz, rock, and blues.
Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

Trouble With Treble star
Treble the Treble clef will show you the basics of how music is written.
Intended Audience: Students/Teachers Reading Level: Elementary/Middle School Teacher Section: Yes




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Lesson Plans

Grades K-4

Jazz Dance and Music
In this lesson, students will be introduced to jazz dance and jazz music. They will explore basic jazz dance movements, and will create a cinquain poem inspired by jazz music. Source: ArtsEdge

Ballet and Classical Music
Students are introduced to the conceptual and practical elements of classical ballet as they learn ballet history, vocabulary, and steps. Source: ArtsEdge

Grades 5-8

 

Grades 9-12