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Musical Instruments + 3D Design

Students learn about musical instruments and design their own musical instruments.
Caitlin M.
 Media specialist/librarian
Shorecrest Preparatory School
Saint Petersburg, United States
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Objectives

Students will be able to

  • Categorize musical instruments into group types (brass, percussion, strings, woodwinds)
  • Identify musical instruments by name
  • Create a 3D design of a musical instrument
Subjects
Arts
Grades 7 – 8
STEPS
1 Hook 2 Direct Instruction 3 Guided Practice 4 Independent Practice 5 Wrap-Up
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Teacher Notes
Student Notes

1 Hook

Padlet
Free, Free to try, Paid

Create a class Padlet wall. Have students brainstorm names of musical instruments and/or find pictures of different musical instruments.

2 Direct Instruction

BrainPOP
Paid

Students watch the following videos to learn about different types of musical instruments. Discuss with students the commonalities and differences between instruments.

Brass Instruments
Percussion
Strings
Woodwinds

3 Guided Practice

BrainPOP
Paid
Tinkercad
Free

Students play Sortify: Musical Instruments on BrainPOP in small groups and discuss different ways to classify musical instruments.

Individual students register for Tinkercad and complete the step-by-step tutorial lessons in the 'Learn' section of the page. Pair students to help each other with learning and troubleshooting.

4 Independent Practice

Tinkercad
Free

Students create their own musical instruments in Tinkercad.  Students can design as inidivudals or in pairs/small groups.

5 Wrap-Up

Blogger
Free

Students present their designs to the class. If available, use a 3D printer to print out the design.

Enrichment activity: Design additional musical instruments.  Have students blog about the process, including screenshots of the design and/or photographs of the 3D printed object.