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- BioMusic
- Two units of biomusicology instruction for grades 2–3 and 4–5. Your students will be fascinated by these lessons that cover the miracles of animal communication, the mechanics of sound, and their connections to the field of music.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- How can we represent sounds that are in the environment?
- In BioMusic, page 2.2
- In this interdisciplinary lesson, students will listen to frog calls and identify the difference between high and low pitches. They will represent sounds using aural, graphic, and kinesthetic methods.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Dance Arts Education and Music Education)
- By Debra Hall and Crystal Patillo.
- How do animals create sound to communicate?
- In BioMusic, page 2.3
- In this interdisciplinary lesson, students will experiment with a variety of objects and musical instruments to show how sound is caused by vibrations. They will learn how humans and birds create sound using the larynx and the syrinx, and identify two animals that use objects in their environments to create specific sounds.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5–6 Music Education and Science)
- By Debra Hall and Crystal Patillo.
- How does an animal's environment affect the frequency of its sound?
- In BioMusic, page 2.6
- In this lesson, students will explore the relationship between frequency and pitch. In addition to conducting a simple experiment, they will also examine bat and elephant sound spectrograms. Students will learn how both animals and humans use their environments to create sound for communication.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5–6 Music Education and Science)
- By Debra Hall and Crystal Patillo.
