A Different Drum
* Encourage students to explore How is Sound Made?
* Have students complete the experiments in Tips for Teachers to learn about vibration, pitch, and volume.
* Print and distribute directions for Making a Musical Instrument, and ask students to complete the activity.
More about this lesson plan:
Materials Needed: * The Virtual Museum of Music Inventions
* Making a Musical Instrument, online or printed and distributed to students
* From Frying Pan to Flying V: The Rise of the Electric Guitar, optional
* a variety of craft materials, such as heavy cardboard tubes, wooden boxes, metal tubes, plastic tubes, scrap wood, metal scraps, old guitar strings, old pot covers, flower pots, plastic cups, fishing wire, rice, beans, glue, nails, tape, paint, and glitter
Author: Linda Starr
Source: © www.educationworld.com
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