Virtually handle the instruments of the orchestra

This is a neat site where you listen to the instrument and choose the correct one.

"Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" and other fun

For adults, but great resource

Lyrics and history of the song.

produced by Jazz at Lincoln Center

"Time Machine" game has students put composers in history using timeline

You can see which composers overlap, etc.

Fact Monster site

San Francisco Opera

This is one of the coolest sites I've ever seen...

Various responses to the question in the words of kids.

activities about composers, instruments, really fun!

History, etc.

Lyrics and Music

Library of Congress Site

ORIGINAL recordings and sheet music to download. What a find!

Good links...

Smithsonian's site about the original banner and its story

Select a continent to learn about music from that area.

recordings and movies of music all over the world and teaching activities

Drumming Videos

Info about music of different regions - no recordings

Sesame Street Playlist

Get weather reports from North Pole, see Christmas traditions around the world

lots of resources - has a "kid's zone"

Links to other sites for different countries

Really neat

Lesson Plan to reinforce concept

site from the Cleveland Museum of Art

from Discovery Kids

Shows a student's name in hyroglyphs

LOTS of info and pictures

Information and History

Make a mask

Info about life, etc.

visit the site of an archeological dig

TONS of pictures

students design a mosaic;

simple history

NEAT resource for drawing faces

basic facial proportions

NOT photos

photo gallery

pictures of Chinese buildings with snow

Wikipedia Article

City photos from around the world

Lesson plans and examples

Site developed by kids...easy to understand

LOTS

NEAT interactive, kid-friendly site

REALLY neat site!

Interactive Game

very brief description

describes the game - easy to understand

PBS Kids site

Wikipedia article

Official Site

Step-by-step directions to perform skills

activities and worksheets

neat step-by-step learning

Biography - easy to understand

ESPN article

Cool game to reinforce food pyramid