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Sound Engineering - Design & Build a Musical Instrument
By Innovations in Technology
Put the STEAM in STEM with this unit! Sound Engineering is a Project Based Learning unit that teaches students the physics and basic concepts of sound engineering, especially as it relates to music. This lesson can be used in Career and Technology classes, Science classes, or Music classes. I have used it with an 8th grade Engineering class.
Students start the unit by reading information about the topic from a handout and answering questions about the reading, as well as defining terms related to sound engineering. In the next phase of the project, they work with a team to utilize a Slinky toy to replicate wave patterns and analyze them. Finally, they work with a team to research and build a musical instrument that demonstrates their learning of the topic. The unit ends with a written reflection on the project.
Files Included with this Unit:
1. Teacher Resources
2. Physics of Sound Reading
3. Introduction to Sound Engineering (research and vocabulary) – includes answer key
4. Slinky Waves – group lab expectations and student worksheet
5. Team sign-up sheet
6. Musical Instrument Building Project – student expectations and resources
7. Team planning sheet (2 versions, color & black and white)
8. Teacher evaluation tracking sheet
9. Project Written Reflection
I hope your students enjoy it!
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Pepperoni Pizza Party - A Late Beginner Piano Solo
By ZS Music Publishing
PEPPERONI PIZZA PARTY is a quick and simple piece for your late beginner that only uses the C Major 5-Finger scale, in honor of National Pepperoni Pizza Day! This is a great, quick piece for your students to work on their C Major 5-Finger Position. The 8th notes in the song can be played straight or swung. Also note the tempo marking - “With Some Pep Quarter Note at 112”.
The song is good for beginners at 16 measures!
There are two versions of the song you can use with students:
This piano solo is part of our Multi-Version Songs series.
What is a Multi-Version Song? These are songs we have created that have different versions of the same song in the same file so you have some flexibility with your students who are at different learning stages! This allows you to provide these songs to students no matter what level they're at!
This means that the song will come with and without letters in the noteheads, and if the song is in a key signature other than C Major or A Minor, the song will also have versions in the given key signature and version with no key signature and the necessary accidentals. Most of our Multi-Version Songs have at least two to four versions in the file.
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Catalog: PM-PPPS-DG
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Back to School Themed Music Assignment Sheets: 50 Total Pages!
By ZS Music Publishing
Your assignment sheets don't have to be boring!
Check out these Back To School Themed Music Assignment pages you can use when your students head back to their classes!
There are 10 different pages for each icon in the set, totaling 50 pages! In this packet, you'll have:
Detailed Lesson pages that feature:
3 Pages to color an icon for each day they practice (100, 50 and 30 Icons)
3 Pages to color an icon for each time they practice (100, 50 and 30 Icons)
3 Pages to color an icon for each page they complete (100, 50 and 30 Icons)
This assignment sheet set includes 5 different icons so you can pick and choose which ones you want to use, or you can use all 5 of them! These icons include:
We also offer Back to School themed assignment sheets for:
Please note, that the resource is reproducible, only the original purchaser may duplicate the pages for their students. The resource license cannot transfer to others, but we ask you to refer other people here to purchase their own set.
If you find that you enjoy using this resource, be sure to give it a review and a rating!
Your support of a small business is appreciated!
Catalog: MTP-MSAS-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
Yummy Cheesy Pizza - A Late Beginner Piano Solo
By ZS Music Publishing
YUMMY CHEESY PIZZA is a fun and simple piece for your beginner that only uses the F Major 5-Finger scale, in honor of National Cheese Pizza Day! This is agreat, quick piece for your students to work on their F Major 5-Finger Position. You’ll notice the tempo says “A Cheesy Swing!”, so you can introduce swung 8th notes to your students to have a little fun with the song. The song is good for beginners at 16 measures!
There are four versions of the song you can use with students:
This piano solo is part of our Multi-Version Songs series.
What is a Multi-Version Song? These are songs we have created that have different versions of the same song in the same file so you have some flexibility with your students who are at different learning stages! This allows you to provide these songs to students no matter what level they're at!
This means that the song will come with and without letters in the noteheads, and if the song is in a key signature other than C Major or A Minor, the song will also have versions in the given key signature and version with no key signature and the necessary accidentals. Most of our Multi-Version Songs have at least two to four versions in the file.
Did you know you can earn TeachShare credit for reviewing and rating resources?! It's true! If you find that you enjoy this song, please be sure to come back and provide your feedback so others teachers can find it and you can earn your credit!
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This song is reproducible only by the original purchaser. If your colleagues like the song, be sure to tell them where you purchased it!
Catalog: PM-YCPS-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights
FOOTBALL FRENZY - A Keyboard Geography Game for Beginner Piano Students
By ZS Music Publishing
Ready, Set, Hike! Get ready for a game of Football with your piano students!
FOOTBALL FRENZY - for Keyboard Geography is a great game to play with your beginner piano students when they are learning the names of the keys, especially if they are lovers of football!
The goal of the game is for players to move from one endzone on the board to the other! You can play this game with up to 6 players in your classes or lessons.
This resource features everything you will need to set up your game including question and action cards, two types of game boards, and movers!
The game takes a little bit of prep but is fun to pull out with your students to play once you have the game created as there is cutting and optional laminating involved to put the game together.
In the resource, you will find the following pages:
The Question cards feature all 12 keys with keyboard diagrams beginning on the C key, and Diagrams beginning on the F key.
The Penalty cards feature movement cards for students to move back 5 yards, 10 yards, or back to the start as penalties - just like you would have penalties in a football game!
Football Frenzy is a reproducible game so you can make as many copies of the game as needed for your lessons and classes.
If you find you enjoy using this resource, be sure to come back to our TeachShare to review the resource and receive TeachShare credit you can use on future purchases! Your feedback will help me create more resources for teachers just like you to use with your classes and students!
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Catalog: MTP-FFG1-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
Leaves Are Falling - A Late Beginner Piano Solo
By ZS Music Publishing
Leaves are Falling is a peaceful, mystic piano solo in the D Minor 5-Finger position to get students in the autumn mood. This piece is a great way to work on the D Minor position and a good way to introduce echoing or call and response to your students as well.
The song is written to stay in a Piano dynamic throughout, but you are welcome to add in different dynamics as well. Additionally, the song is written to be played Con Pedal to provide a longing effect to really sound like or give the feeling of falling leaves.
There are four versions of the song you can use with students:
This piano solo is part of our Multi-Version Songs series.
What is a Multi-Version Song? These are songs we have created that have different versions of the same song in the same file so you have some flexibility with your students who are at different learning stages! This allows you to provide these songs to students no matter what level they're at!
This means that the song will come with and without letters in the noteheads, and if the song is in a key signature other than C Major or A Minor, the song will also have versions in the given key signature and version with no key signature and the necessary accidentals. Most of our Multi-Version Songs have at least two to four versions in the file.
Did you know you can earn TeachShare credit for reviewing and rating resources?! It's true! If you find that you enjoy this song, please be sure to come back and provide your feedback so others teachers can find it and you can earn your credit!
Your Support of a small business is greatly appreciated!
This song is reproducible only by the original purchaser. If your colleagues like the song, be sure to tell them where you purchased it!
Catalog: PM-LAFS-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights
Halloween-Themed Music Assignment Sheets: 50 Total Pages!
By ZS Music Publishing
Your assignment sheets don't have to be boring! Check out these Halloween-Themed Music Assignment pages you can use with your Piano students throughout the spooky season!
There are 10 different pages for each icon in the set, totaling 50 pages! In this packet, you'll have:
This assignment sheet set includes 5 different icons so you can pick and choose which ones you want to use, or you can use all 5 of them! These icons include:
Please note, while the resource is reproducible, only the original purchaser may duplicate the pages for their students. The resource is not transferrable to others, but we ask you to refer other people here to purchase their own set.
Psst! Did you know you can earn TeachShare credit when you rate and review your purchases? It's true! After you purchase this resource, be sure to come back and provide us a rating and you'll receive credit for future TPT purchases!
Your support of a small business is appreciated!
Catalog: MTP-MHAS-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
Basketball-Themed Music Assignment Sheets: 50 Total Pages!
By ZS Music Publishing
Your assignment sheets don't have to be boring!
Check out these Basketball-Themed Music Assignment pages you can use with your Basketball-loving Music students, or for March Madness!
There are 10 different pages for each icon in the set, totaling 50 pages! In this packet, you'll have:
Detailed Lesson pages that feature:
3 Pages to color an icon for each day they practice (100, 50 and 30 Icons)
3 Pages to color an icon for each time they practice (100, 50 and 30 Icons)
3 Pages to color an icon for each page they complete (100, 50 and 30 Icons)
This assignment sheet set includes 5 different icons so you can pick and choose which ones you want to use, or you can use all 5 of them! These icons include:
We also offer basketball-themed assignment sheets for:
Please note, that the resource is reproducible, only the original purchaser may duplicate the pages for their students. The resource license cannot transfer to others, but we ask you to refer other people here to purchase their own set.
If you find that you enjoy using this resource, be sure to give it a review and a rating!
Your support of a small business is appreciated!
Catalog: MTP-MBAS-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
Tic-Tac-Key Piano Key Game COMPLETE SET, A NO PREP Activity!
By ZS Music Publishing
Everyone, and I mean everyone, loves a fun and quick game of Tic-Tac-Toe! And I'm willing to bet every teacher loves a fun and quick way to review concepts with their students. This resource is a perfect combination of both!
Tic-Tac-Key is NO PREP printable game set that you can use with students in private lessons, group lessons, and piano classes! This set uses all the white keys in two different key sets: C-D-E-F-G-A-B and F-G-A-B-C-D-E.
Gameplay is easy!
And game assembly is even easier! This resource is a no-prep, ready-to-go game to print and play with your students! However, if you’d like to reuse pages, you are more than welcome to print on thicker paper and/or laminate pages for durability and longevity.
The game pages are solely in black and white, so you can print on colored paper to make the game pop a little more, OR to separate the different games out. I would suggest laminating the Big Game pages so you can use dry-erase markers with them. You can also use the Big Game pages with your younger students.
There are 118 game pages in the resource, from all three sets of Tic-Tac-Key:
In this game, and the individual sets, there are three types of game pages:
The big game pages are 1 game grid per page using two keys, the small game pages are 4 game grids per page using two keys, and the multi-key games use different keys in each game grid.
Did you know you can earn TeachShare credit for reviewing and rating resources?! It's true! After you've purchased and used this resource, be sure to come back to share your feedback and you can receive TPT credit to use for future purchases!
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Catalog: MTP-TTK4-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
Hot Dog - A Beginner Piano Solo
By ZS Music Publishing
Hot Dog is a fun and simple piece for your beginner that only uses the C Major 5-Finger scale! The lyrics are quirky about wanting to eat dozens and hundreds of hot dogs with ketchup, mustard, and relish!
You’ll notice the tempo says “With Swing!”, so you can introduce swung 8th notes to your students to have a little fun with the song. Also in measure 11, the F is sharped, so students to work on moving their finger, and/or finding the F-sharp on the piano keyboard.
The song is longer for beginners at 32 measures. You are welcome to shorten the song and end it at measure 16.
There are two versions of the song you can use with students:
I hope you and your students have fun playing the song!
Did you know you can earn TeachShare credit for reviewing and rating resources?! It's true! If you find that you enjoy this song, please be sure to come back and provide your feedback so others teachers can find it and you can earn your credit!
Your Support of a small business is greatly appreciated!
This song is reproducible only by the original purchaser. If your colleagues like the song, be sure to tell them where you purchased it!
Catalog: PM-HDBP-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights
Big Sun Puzzles for On-Staff Note Identification - 180 Total Pages
By ZS Music Publishing
Brighten up your students love of learning the note names on the staff! Give them a good review of the notes with our Summer-themed Big Sun Staff Puzzles.
These puzzles feature 1 sun on a page which you cut down the middle and shuffle the pages up for students to identify the correct note names by matching each side of the sun.
Pages in this resource also include both sharp and flat key names so you can use these puzzles with your older students working on the enharmonics.
The note names you'll find in this resource are:
In total, there are 180 pages of puzzles for you to print, cut and play with your students! The first 90 pages have the position names with the note names (Low, Bass, Middle, Treble High, and the last 90 pages do not have position names with the note names.
Your support of our small business is greatly appreciated!
Catalog: MTP-BSP3-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
Tic-Tac-Key Piano Key Printable Game, A NO PREP Activity!
By ZS Music Publishing
Everyone, and I mean everyone, loves a fun and quick game of Tic-Tac-Toe! And I'm willing to bet every teacher loves a fun and quick way to review concepts with their students. This resource is a perfect combination of both!
Tic-Tac-Key is NO PREP printable game set that you can use with students in private lessons, group lessons, and piano classes! This set uses all the white keys in two different key sets: C-D-E-F-G-A-B and F-G-A-B-C-D-E.
Gameplay is easy!
And game assembly is even easier! This resource is a no-prep, ready to go game to print and play with your students! However, if you’d like to reuse pages, you are more than welcome to print on thicker paper and/or laminate pages for durability and longevity.
The game pages are solely in black and white, so you can print on colored paper to make the game pop a little more, OR to separate the different games out. I would suggest laminating the Big Game pages so you can use dry-erase markers with them. You can also use the Big Game pages with your younger students.
There are 94 pages in the resource! Included in this set are the following pages:
The big game pages are 1 game grid per page using two keys, the small game pages are 4 game grids per page using two keys, and the multi-key games use different keys in each game grid.
Did you know you can earn TeachShare credit for reviewing and rating resources?! It's true! After you've purchased and used this resource, be sure to come back to share your feedback and you can receive TPT credit to use for future purchases!
Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!
Catalog: MTP-TTK3-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
By ZS Music Publishing
Introducing the 5 Short Songs mini-book series from ZS Music Publishing! This series is a whole set of mini-books that includes 5 songs that are 8 measures long (perfect for beginners), and includes correlating coloring pages as well!
5 SHORT SONGS ABOUT FOOTBALL
5 Short Songs about Football contains 5 songs that are 8-measures long that talk about Football!
Songs included in this book are:
In the back of the book are 5 color pages for your students to enjoy while playing or listening to the songs.
This resource IS reproducible, so you are welcome to make as many copies as you need for your students! This resource is not transferable to other teachers/schools, so do make sure you refer your colleagues to purchase their own copy. The document is completely black and white and is easy on the printer ink!
Did you know you can earn TeachShare credit for reviewing and rating your purchases? Simply come back after you've made your purchase to provide a review and rating of the product, and you'll receive TPT credit you can use for future purchases!
Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!
ZSMP Catalog: PM-5FBP-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
ABC Big Sightreading Cards in Color: 81 No-Prep Cards
By ZS Music Publishing
In a fast-paced society, you need resources you can quickly pull out and quickly use for your students to work on essential skills...quickly!
We're introducing our new 3-note Big Sight Reading Cards!
This set includes 81 pages of cards that use the notes A, B, and C!
These cards are color-coordinated with popular pitched percussion instruments: Purple for A, Pink for B, and Red for C!
The cool part of these cards is their versatility! How are sight reading cards versatile? Lemme tell you. You can use these cards to:
It's almost like how Alton Brown likes to cook, we like to use resources that are "multi-taskers"...so you have more band for your buck!
Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Please note that while this resource is reproducible, you may only use this with your students. The resource license is not transferrable to other school or teachers.
Catalog: MTP-ABSC-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
Big Sun Puzzles for Ukulele TAB Identification
By ZS Music Publishing
Brighten up your students' love of learning TAB on the Ukulele! Give them a good review of the keys with our Summer-themed Big Sun Ukulele TAB Puzzles.
These puzzles feature 1 sun on a page which you cut down the middle and shuffle the pages up for students to identify the correct TAB names by matching each side of the sun.
Pages in this resource also include both sharp and flat TAB names so you can use these puzzles with your older students working on the enharmonics.
The key names you'll find in this resource are:
Your support of our small business is greatly appreciated!
Catalog: MTP-BSP2-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
Drop Four Beats - A Rhythmic Comprehension Game
By ZS Music Publishing
One of the best ways to assess comprehension and mastery of a concept is by playing games! And what's better than a game your students already know to play?!
DROP FOUR BEATS is a rhythm comprehension game in the style of another game where you have to connect four same-colored coins in a row.
However, Drop Four Beats is a game where students place their coins on the game board to build rhythms and correctly perform their rhythms!
To build the rhythms, students play the game like the "connection" game, but there are note and rest values on the coins. We've included Quarter Notes, Quarter Rests, Beamed 8th Notes, 1-8th 2-16th Notes, 2-16th 1-8th Notes, and Beamed 16th notes so you can play the game with a variety of students and their learning levels.
As a bonus, we've included a low to no-prep version of the game as well! With this version, you simply need to print off the game board, have students choose a colored writing utensil to use, and choose the note values or let your students choose the note values they will use and they draw on the game board! This version can also be laminated and used with dry-erase markers as well.
Included in the document are the following pages:
There is some preparation involved to get the game ready for your students. After printing, you will need to cut out the coins you plan to use for the game, and you may want to laminate the game board and the coins for durability and longevity.
Did you know you can receive TeachShare credit for reviewing and rating resources?? It's true! After you've downloaded and used the resource, come back and provide your feedback and you'll receive you credit to use for future purchases!
Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!
Catalog: MTP-DFBD-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
GAB Big Sightreading Cards: 162 No-Prep Cards in Color and Black and White!
By ZS Music Publishing
In a fast-paced society, you need resources you can quickly pull out and quickly use for your students to work on essential skills...quickly!
We're introducing our new 3-note Big Sight Reading Cards!
This set includes 162 pages of cards that use the notes G, A, and B.
These cards are both in black and white, and color-coordinated with popular pitched percussion instruments: Dark Green for G, Purple for A, and Pink for B.
The cool part of these cards is their versatility! How are sight reading cards versatile? Lemme tell you. You can use these cards to:
It's almost like how Alton Brown likes to cook, we like to use resources that are "multi-taskers"...so you have more band for your buck!
Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Please note that while this resource is reproducible, you may only use this with your students. The resource license is not transferrable to other school or teachers.
Catalog: MTP-GBSM-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
ABC Big Sightreading Cards: 162 No-Prep Cards in Color and Black and White!
By ZS Music Publishing
In a fast-paced society, you need resources you can quickly pull out and quickly use for your students to work on essential skills...quickly!
We're introducing our new 3-note Big Sight Reading Cards!
This set includes 162 pages of cards that use the notes A, B, and C!
These cards are both in black and white, and color-coordinated with popular pitched percussion instruments: Purple for A, Pink for B, and Red for C.
The cool part of these cards is their versatility! How are sight reading cards versatile? Lemme tell you. You can use these cards to:
It's almost like how Alton Brown likes to cook, we like to use resources that are "multi-taskers"...so you have more band for your buck!
Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Please note that while this resource is reproducible, you may only use this with your students. The resource license is not transferrable to other school or teachers.
Catalog: MTP-ABSM-DG
© 2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
GAB Big Sightreading Cards in Color: 81 No-Prep Cards
By ZS Music Publishing
In a fast-paced society, you need resources you can quickly pull out and quickly use for your students to work on essential skills...quickly!
We're introducing our new 3-note Big Sight Reading Cards!
This set includes 81 pages of cards that use the notes G, A, and B.
These cards are color-coordinated with popular pitched percussion instruments. Dark Green for G, Purple for A, and Pink for B.
The cool part of these cards is their versatility! How are sight reading cards versatile? Lemme tell you. You can use these cards to:
It's almost like how Alton Brown likes to cook, we like to use resources that are "multi-taskers"...so you have more band for your buck!
Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated! Please note that while this resource is reproducible, you may only use this with your students. The resource license is not transferrable to other school or teachers.
Catalog: MTP-GBSC-DG
© 2023 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
Sun-tervals - 100 Sun Themed Interval Identification Worksheets
By ZS Music Publishing
Sun-tervals is a no-prep, bright way for your students to review intervals using the Piano Keyboard, Music Alphabet Letters and the staff!
In this packet, there are 100 worksheets that you can use with students to work with them on identifying and reviewing their intervals
Pages included in the resource are:
All you have to do is print, and go!
Did you know you can receive TeachShare credit for your purchases?! Yes, it's true! After you've purchased this product, you can come back to provide a review and rating and you'll earn credit toward future purchases!
This product is studio licensed so you may reproduce it as you need! However, if you do want to share this with colleagues, please have them purchase a version of their own.
Your support of a small business is greatly appreciated!
Catalog: MTP-SIWP-DG
©2024 ZS Music Publishing. All Rights Reserved.