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Name: Sound and Music Activities
ID: m11063
Language: English (en)
Summary: Lesson plans for investigative activities, appropriate for grades 3-6, that introduce the physics of sound and music, and that explore the ways musical instruments make sounds.
Subject: Arts
Keywords: acoustics, activity, amplitude, brass, dynamics, frequency, lesson plan, music, musical instruments, national music standard 8, national science standard physical science, national science standard science and technology, percussion, physics, pitch, resonance, sound waves, strings, woodwinds
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (caschmidtjones@gmail.com)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (caschmidtjones@gmail.com)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (caschmidtjones@gmail.com)
Latest version: 2.13 (history)
First publication date: Feb 28, 2003 12:00 am -0600
Last revision to module: Jan 18, 2013 5:26 am -0600

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Version History

Version: 2.15 Feb 15, 2013 7:56 pm -0600 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
took down call for research study participants
Version: 2.14 Jan 18, 2013 12:21 pm -0600 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
updated links
Version: 2.13 Jan 18, 2013 5:26 am -0600 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
added call for research study participants
Version: 2.12 Mar 11, 2011 7:26 pm -0600 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
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removed from survey
Version: 2.11 Apr 12, 2010 8:35 pm -0500 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
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linked to survey
Version: 2.10 Jan 2, 2010 3:29 pm -0600 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
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Added Google analytics code
Version: 2.9 Aug 11, 2008 12:41 pm -0500 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
updated MENC link
Version: 2.8 Jan 15, 2008 9:02 am -0600 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
small text changes, and fixed links
Version: 2.7 Nov 29, 2007 9:29 am -0600 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
separated goals and objectives lists, and changed search terms
Version: 2.6 Nov 8, 2007 9:46 am -0600 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
added goals and assessment; added discussion question PDFs
Version: 2.5 Aug 1, 2007 12:09 pm -0500 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Changed title, added link, fixed typo
Version: 2.4 May 23, 2005 9:33 am -0500 by Charlet Reedstrom
Changes: 
update to cnxml-0.5, fix a cnxn
Version: 2.3 Sep 13, 2004 10:09 am -0500 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Added and updated links.
Version: 2.2 May 7, 2004 2:14 pm -0500 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Added PDF files of handouts.
Version: 2.1 Dec 11, 2003 11:30 am -0600 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
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Changed image sizes
Version: 2.0 Feb 28, 2003 12:00 am -0600 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
New module

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