Designing Musical Instruments Using Material Properties

Each group needs:

• recycled materials, such as cardboard boxes and tubes, string, plastic bottles and containers, bottle caps
• tape
• scissors
• rubber bands
• small items (10-15 per group) that students can sort such as pipe cleaners, papers, marbles, craft sticks, erasers
• paper bag (to hold the small items)
• Describing Properties Student Worksheet (PDF), EDP Student Worksheet (PDF), Idea Chart Worksheet (PDF)

For the teacher

• copy of Ada’s Violin (available on Amazon) or the Ada's Violin Read Aloud on YouTube

For the entire class to share:

• poster paper
• cardboard
• magic markers
• crayons
• craft sticks
• string