Music

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Technology Integration:
Students will use the computer lab in groups of 3-4. The following websites will be accessed to complete assignment:
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Curriculum Standard:

 * Analyzing and Responding
 * Connection, Relationships and Applications

Description of the Lesson:
By visiting various websites and answering questions, students will learn about musical instruments, their sounds, compositions from instruments, and music vocabulary. Students will also gain knowledge about the orchestra and its seating arrangements.

 **Lesson Instructions:**  Work in groups of 3-4 students and complete Part 1 and Part 2 of the lesson.  PART 1:  *Go to the ThinkQuest Website “[|Energy in the Air: Sounds from the Orchestra]”  *Click on each instrument and read “History of the instrument”  *Click on “The Orchestra” box and read “What is the Symphony Orchestra”, listen to a sound file by Beethoven, Schubert or Greig and write down on your paper the composition you listened to and the composer *Click on “Sound is Energy” box and read “Energy In The Air: How Sound Is Made”, click on the underlined words, write the words and definitions on your paper *Draw a diagram on your paper using the words only of the seating arrangement for the orchestra  PART 2:  *Go to the Play Music website “[|Stage]” area *Click on each section, read about the section *Click on each instrument, read about the instruments and listen to the music <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">* Write the names of the instrument from each section, including one piece of information about the instrument on your paper, and repeat for each orchestra section <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> *Students should turn in their worksheets at the end of part 2

Supporting Research:
Edutopia Staff, (2008).//Why Integrate Technology into the Curriculum?: The Reasons are Many//. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/technology-integration-introduction.

This article reinforces that technology integration should occur "across the curriculum" and "must support active engagement, participation in groups, frequent interaction and feedback, and connection to real-world experts".

Tried & True or New & Innovative:
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">The activities in this lesson are considered to be “Tried and True” because students are familiar with logging on to websites to explore and search for information. Students have been researching websites for some time and are are proficient with navigating the internet. The activities are also “New and Innovative” because interacting with sound and music or participating in online questionnaires or quizzes are more recent innovations.

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