1. "The Audition Room."   We refer to this link often, as it contains a vast amount of sound files of the Great Masters of Music.  The list is constantly growing, so please check it often.   

• Just for Kids-Mozart link

• Listen to Mozart's music (Scroll to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

2. "The Symphony: An Interactive Guide."  Users may listen to music and browse alphabetically by country or by composer and hear the most famous works of each.

3. Lego MindStorms-Build and program Lego robots! (We have a Robotics group which meets at lunch/recess time)

4. The Piano Education Page-Just for Kids-A variety of musical activities and resources for kids.

5. Sing Along Songs and Name That Tune-Sing along with a variety of songs.

6. The Classical Archives-The largest archive of its kind on the web, offers thousands of classical music files in MIDI, Windows Media and MP3 format you can listen to at the click of your mouse. Most composers are represented - with biographies and timelines. A major award-winning cultural site which provides its own indexes and search engines by keywords or composer.

7. Meet the Composer-The Piano Education Page

8. Instrument Encyclopedia at University of Michigan School of Information and Stearns Museum of Musical Instruments, School of Music. This site shows how instruments from a wide variety of different cultures, performance contexts and structural materials relate to one another.

9. Instruments at the William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University School of Music. This link/site will connect you to information about most musical instruments.

10. Learn about Instruments- At this website, you learn about the different families and different types of instruments.

11. San Francisco Symphony Kids' Web Site-http://www.sfskids.org/templates/splash.asp
What a great site! Interactive, with lots of information for students. Visit this website for a refresher course on The Instruments of the
Orchestra and or an introduction to reading music in Meet the Notes.
(Grade Level: Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School)

12. This Neuroscience for Kids Pages is from the University of Washington. Fun, informative, and includes information on the Mozart Effect.  

13. Musictheory.net An interactive website with music theory tutorials for students and teachers by Ricci Adams. Lesson topics include: staff, clef, and ledger lines; note duration; measure and time signatures; rest duration; dots and ties; simple and compound meter; odd meter; steps and accidentals and more. A chord calculator, staff paper generator, and matrix generator are available for online use. You can download the stand-alone version of the trainers and utilities. There is also a forum for sharing information and asking questions. Nicely done, Flash intensive.
Grade Level: Early Childhood (K-2), Elementary, Middle School, High School

14. Science of Music: Exploratorium's Accidental Scientist-Explore the science of music through online exhibits, movies and questions. Along the way, you can compose, mix, dance, drum, experiment and listen. Made possible by the National Foundation of Science Funding. (Requires Flash)

15. Animusic -Animated musical instruments!

16. KidSpace-The Internet Public Library- Listen to music, create music, read about composers, and a wealth of additional musical resources for elementary students.

17. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart information page.

18. Ludwig van Beethoven- Biography for students. Includes sound files, puzzles, and additional resources.

19. Chronology (Timeline) of Beethoven's life. (www.worldofbiography.com)

Additional Technology Resources

1. Pre-K-Grade 2 Links-A great collection of sites for educators of young children.

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