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A listing of various interactive music websites for elementary students.

The emphasis here is more on games than music, but it was created by MTV so you can be sure that there is still a strong musical element. The Sound Factory starts as you join our hero on his way to work at the tire factory, but it soon develops into a cacophony of industrial sounds that combine effortlessly into a foot stomping melody. Sounds can be turned on and off as required, especially when the boss checks up on you, but it is your job to entertain the workers, so you need to try to please everyone with your musical prowess.

There are four music games on Classics for Kids, and each of them are based on solid musical theory. The Rockin' Rhythm Master encourages children to listen to and repeat drum beat rhythms, while the Note Name game is all about naming notes on a staff. The composer time machine offers musical samples from great musicians, and a simple composer lets students create music as long as they keep four beats to every bar. The games open in a small window, so if you use Firefox, I would recommend the Flash Game Maximizer plugin in order to make them full screen.

"This tool finds web-based, age appropriate curriculum content via a search engine. The information is presented as key facts, an interactive concept map, photos, videos and websites for further study. It provides a space in which students can record key concepts and save notes, and it also keeps track of websites visited. A scroll bar allows the content to be modified to the reader's ability level. It also generates quiz questions." T. Hayes

posted Nov 2011