Music and Science

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MusicandScience

• Fourth Grade
• By Lindsay Murray

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Grade Level Expectations

• MUSIC
• The student sight-reads rhythm patterns including
  quarter notes, quarter rests, half notes, half
  rests, eighth notes, whole notes, and dotted half
  notes that have been performed by someone else.

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Grade Level Expectations

• SCIENCE
• The student understands how processes of
  weathering and erosion constantly change the
  surface of the Earth.

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Lets Practice

• Half Note 2 beats
• Ta-a

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Lets Practice!

• Quarter Note 1 beat
• Ta

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Something New

• Eighth Note half a beat
• Ti

• Beamed Eighth Note
• Two half 1 whole
• Ti-Ti

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Something New

• Quarter Rest Half beat of SILENCE

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Hosanna, Me Build a House,

• Each student is given a copy of the music
• Teacher will model the first two lines
• Students will site read the rhythmic pattern of
  the song using tas and ti-tis

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Hosanna, Me Build a House

• Before listening to the song, students will be
  instructed to listen to what forces bring the
  house down
• LISTEN
• Starting pitch
• Students sing the song as a group

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Relating the song to Science

• Discuss elements of the song
• Sandy vs. Solid ground
• Rain, sun, breeze/wind, storm
• How strong are these forces?
• What is it called when weather affects a
  structure?
• Is anything else affected besides houses?

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Weathering and Erosion

• Websites for students to explore
• Geography4Kids.com
• Erosion Video Brainpop.com

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Ongoing Activity

• Logistics
• Groups of four or five
• On school property (low traffic area)
• Model Mountain Range
• Students dig and build a mountain out of
  dirt
• Creative Freedom

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Ongoing Activity

• Observations
• 10 to 12 weeks
• Weekly observations
• Record height width, predictions,
  rationales
• Extensions
• Water cycle, different types of bodies of water,
  landforms, human effects on erosion, waters role
  in shaping the earth, etc.

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Accommodations

• Students with Speech Disabilities
• Comfortable classroom environment
• May benefit from singing in the classroom
• Singing is often found to help stuttering and
  stammering
• Music encourages fluency and vowels are sustained
  
• Student will not be forced to speak in front of
  the whole class

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Accommodations

• Students with Learning Disabilities
• Difficulty doing two activities at once
• Handouts with minimal distractions
• Given manageable role in group project

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Accommodations

• ESOL students
• Handout of the notes and the corresponding
  rhythmic notations
• Reinforce vocabulary
• Restate directions clearly and directly

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Assessment

• MUSIC
• Informal Assessment
• Proficient Performance check off sheet
• SCIENCE
• Evaluate group observation notes (data,
  predictions, conclusions)
• Individual assessment
• Unit test to assess individual knowledge