Music Makers
It’s time to make a little noise! Discover how sounds make music, and how music makes you feel in this melodious exhibit.
Activities
- Make melodies on the bolt- and wrench-a-phones
- Use soft sculpture pegs to make your own music box
- Blow air over a reed to learn about woodwinds
- Move musical notes on a staff to create a melody
- Feel the vibrations that sound can make on the thump deck
- Layer a melody, a harmony, and a rhythm to create a symphony
- Dance away, and watch your body make patterns on a colorful video screen
- Beat the drums and other percussion instruments in the Jam Room
- Pluck a bass string and watch the vibrations
- Create an artistic masterpiece that reflects how music makes you feel
Good to Know:
Exhibit Type
Ongoing
Focused Field Trips Aligned with this Exhibit
This exhibit is aligned with Illinois State Learning Standards
Educational Benefits
- Manipulate melody, tempo and rhythm
- Discover how sound is made and that music is organized sound
- Detect differences in sounds
- Describe music notation and how notes on a page translate into sounds
- Distinguish between the individual sounds of a variety of instruments
- Compose unique pieces of music
Take It with You
Use the following activities to bring the education concepts from this exhibit into your home or classroom:
