ERIC Number: EJ745111
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8121
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Playing with Pitch: Exploring and Investigating the Science of Sound
Mueller, Andrea; Clair, Jan Le; Kechaidis, Maria; Swain, Wendy; MacDonald, Jane
Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, v40 n4 p11-20 Win 2004
This activity is the result of a school-university collaboration among four educators (two intermediate classroom teachers, a vice-principal/teacher, and a university-based teacher educator/researcher) who worked together to improve the quality of learning in the classroom. The educators combined their teaching expertise to plan and co-teach an integrated science and music unit in a grade 4 and a grade 4/5 class. In this six-part unit students rotate through sound exploratory centers and conduct investigations to learn how different factors such as the size, material, and contents of containers affect the behavior of sound. Students also design and make their own instruments.
Descriptors: Grade 4, Teacher Educators, Grade 5, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Science, Music Education, Musical Instruments, Acoustics, Music Activities, Science Activities, College School Cooperation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Grade 5
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Language: English
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