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This website is a game designed to introduce instruments to students (K-5) in a fun and interactive way.  Benjamin Britten's composition "A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" is used as the basis for this adventure.

Interactive program for my students to learn about the set up and instruments of the orchestra!

Interactive program for my students to learn about the set up and instruments of the orchestra!

This site is a great way to introduce the instruments of the orchestra.  It can be used individually to play the games or with the whole class to introduce instruments.  

This is a great website to pair with the piece, "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" by Benjamin Britten. This interactive game describes all of the instruments in detail, offering relative outside information about each instrument. Students can play along either in a group setting or at home.

A great resource for general music classes. Great guide to the orchestra for kids.

This website is fantastic for students as individuals or as a full class activity! Step by step it takes them on a safari to learn about each instrument of the orchestra using Benjamin Britten's "A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra". It is kid-friendly and would be great for students in 2nd and 3rd grade. It tests their listening skills using games deciphering things like notes in a sequence, or high and low.

Incredible multimedia, interactive version of Benjamin Britten's famous work. Produced by The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall. Students log in or free play a safari adventure to save an orchestra. Instrument families are explored in detail with listening examples in a leveled gaming experience. Interdisciplinary connections to safari excursion, story telling, sound properties, animals and travel. Teachers can create an account to track student progress and/or assessment. Works well with an IWB.

I found this site while discovering music technology for Module 5. This is a great interactive game for elementary age children who are or have studied instruments, instrument families, and the orchestra. It teaches the player new information, assesses their understanding of that information, and has opportunities for further study.

This is an interactive way to explore and discover instruments of the orchestra. Students will locate and learn about instruments on a "safari type" adventure. This is great for younger students.

I use this composition to discuss instruments and instrument families with 3rd grade. Unfortunately, I haven't found something to really engage the students. I think this website might actually intrigue students into learning about the instrument.s 

I use this composition to discuss instruments and instrument families with 3rd grade. Unfortunately, I haven't found something to really engage the students. I think this website might actually intrigue students into learning about the instrument.s 

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra allows students to learn all about the different instruments in the orchestra, as well as listening examples of classical pieces of music. The games provide a brief lesson, and then students can participate through interactive games. I find this site very informative and the kids love the story line that goes along with the game sequence. Great resource in preparation for our annual Young People's Concert at the Bob Carr in Orlando.

Great site for teaching and learning about the instruments of the orchestra. It also has games students can interact with as a group or by themselves.

a) The purpose of the resource is to provide interactive activities and games for students covering an array of musical subjects for use in and outside of the music classroom.(b) This resource covers EVERY national music standard! (c) I would use the free version of this site more for free-time activities and games.

Website offers a few free items for use on the IWB. I do not own a license for the paid items but the school where I student taught used this program on daily basis.

This is a fantastic flash-based website with many free music games. Students can create an avatar that moves around Quaver's music shop and studio, finding music games to play. Games focus on composition, ear training, and responding. The free games are just the beginning- Quaver Music offers a comprehensive, standards-based K-6 curriculum that is loaded with hundreds of interactive songs, lesson plans, assessment tools, video episodes, games, and more. An annual subscription is required, but teachers can purchase smaller sections of the curriculum to meet their specific needs.

Incredibox is a great website to explore musical creation and entertainment. Incredibox invites you to become the conductor of a group of human beatbox. You can share your compositions with others from all over. It's a really fun website that even students will enjoy using.

Incredibox is a neat web-based app where seven loops at a time are available for students to use at a time. They may remove and add loops at any point, and there are unlocked special content available for certain combinations. This makes it seem like a game. Students can share their compositions, but unfortunately cannot download it without paying. Regardless, this is a fun activity where all the loops sound good-no matter what the combination.

Students can arrange an acapella mix using different beat boxers and vocals. 

I love this program.  Great for the kids on a snow day, or a day we cannot get in the band room, but can use the computer room.

This is a unique website which allows the user to create rhythm loops with characters in costume representing the individual loops. It is an easy-to-use program which allows the user to create endless combinations of rhythm patterns and sound effects. Selecting the correct combination of figures will unlock bonus features. The program is fun for all ages.

This is a website for students to compose beatbox-type songs. Students can combine melodies, rhythms, sound effects and voices to compose their piece.

This is user friendly, fun, loop-based software where users can mix their favorite loops and then record and easily share their creations with others. This program is free to use on a computer and can be purchased for an iphone or ipad.

I have LOVED this website so much. I use it in class on a regular basis for a variety of uses. It is used as meaningful sub plans, rewards, and to explore creativity and composition. I also use it to discuss beatboxing and form.

This is an excellent website that produces high levels of student engagement and buy-in. It allows students to "mix" their own music using pre-created beats, rhythms, and melodies.

This is the link for our incredibox software we used in class. Make sure you save to the email stacipendry@yahoo.com so I can see your pieces. Version one will not record

The National Association for Music Education offers an immense amount of resources for music educators, parents, and other music advocates to help enrich the musical world we work and play in. News, teaching resources, and professional development opportunities are routinely shared on this website. Additionally, you can become a NAfME member here.

Stay up-to-date with what is going on in music education nationwide

I use this site on a regular basis to help develop lesson plans, check the national standards, and find great recent articles about music education. This is a wonderful tool for music teachers.

National Association for Music Educators. This website contains national standards, resources for music education, and articles concerning music education. 

The National Association for Music Education's official webiste is probably the best resource out there. You can read articles about all of the different facets of music education along discussion boards, job postings, and calendars of events.

This is a website for the University of Florida Masters of music in Music Education. UFMUE

The National Association for Music Education is a great resource for staying on to pot the latest in Music ed news. This is specifically geared to music ed professionals.