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Videos on Music and Arts
Integration
– connecting music to language arts/social studies,
math and science –
How the Elephant
Got Its Trunk
– reading comprehension strategies –
Phil retells the classic tale, "How the Elephant Got Its Trunk" - complete
with music, interactive drumming, reading comprehension strategies, and
think-aloud games.
Morse Code
Music (Drumming Activity)
– patterns, alphabet, and communication –
Phil makes music with Morse Code. You'll visit the Voyager spacecraft and experience images and languages on
NASA's Golden Record. You'll also make a homemade musical instrument and join
Phil in playing his Morse Code Mambo song!
Drum
Language of the Congo (Drumming Activity)
– tonal languages, context clues, and communication –
Students learn about drum language from the Congo, and sing
and play along with Phil using a homemade drum. Following this activity,
students are encouraged to visit Phil's follow up resource at:
http://www.philtulga.com/Talking with Drums.html
Music of
Mesoamerica (Drumming Activity)
– geography, history, syllables, and pie fractions –
Students learn about some of the cultures that made up the
Aztec and Mayan empires. They also learn about the musical instruments they
played and the songs they sang. After that, they make their own homemade shakers
and join together for an exciting concert of Aztec rhythms and indigenous
melodies from ancient Mexico!
Sound Effects
Stories
– sequence, inference, and prediction –
Phil tells stories without words, just sound
effects. As students listen to thunderstorms, barking dogs, and race cars, they
learn to connect their knowledge of sequence, inference, and prediction, to the
sounds in their world! Follow up activity on Inference Riddles:
http://www.philtulga.com/Riddles.html
Drum
Language in Ghanaian Schools
– tonal languages, cultural studies, and communication –
Phil shows how schools in Ghana incorporate drum language
into their school day. See YouTube video description for follow up resources.
Following this activity, students are encouraged to visit Phil's follow up
resource at:
http://www.philtulga.com/Drum Language.html
The Pi Song
based on the C Major Scale
– patterns, geometry, and ratios – Phil
shows students a fun way to remember the first 31 digits
of Pi!
My Five Favorite
Fractions
– fractions of length, multicultural music, and the pentatonic scale –
Join Phil on an entertaining musical journey around the
globe. He shows your students how cultures play and sing the same pitches (or
fractions of length) all over the world. Along the way, they also hear
instruments and songs from Indonesia, China, Ghana, Mexico, and the Caribbean..
Making
Music with Geometric Shapes (Drumming Activity)
– geometric shapes, spatial reasoning, and origami –
Phil demonstrates some of his favorite geometric-shaped
instruments, and then shows how to fold those shapes into an origami
popper. After that, we all play a song with our poppers!
Making
and Playing a Water Bottle Xylophone
– measuring liquid volume –
Phil explains how to make a water bottle xylophone in his
Homemade Music presentation. He also plays one of his favorite songs from the
Caribbean, Jamaica Farewell. See YouTube video description for follow up
resources.
Playing Fraction
Pies (part 1 of 3)
– pie fractions and musical notes –
Phil shows how musical notes are measured in time, and lays
the foundation for constructing rhythms.
Playing Fraction
Pies (part 2 of 3)
– clapping mariachi rhythms –
Phil builds two Mariachi rhythms (Son Jaliscience and Son
Jarocho) and then plays music from modern day Mexico using
fraction pies.
Playing Fraction
Pies (part 3 of 3)
– playing Aztec rhythms with pie fractions –
Phil guides the students in an activity featuring rhythms and
songs from ancient Mexico. The rhythms are from the 16-century document,
Cantares Mexicanos, and use Aztec Drum Syllables written in Nahuatl, the
language of the Aztecs. Link:
http://philtulga.com/Aztec Music.html.
Science
Calm Breathing
with Music
– brain science, mindfulness, and movement –
Phil guides your students in a calm breathing exercise with
music and movement that can be done sitting or standing. It's based on the
popular 4-7-8 model, and is the perfect warm-up
before visualizing stories and problem solving. This activity is part of Phil's
Moving in Rhythm
presentation for elementary schools.
Energized Breathing
with Music
– brain science, mindfulness, and movement –
Phil guides your students in an energized breathing exercise
with music and movement. It's the perfect activity to wake up the body and mind,
when we want to be thinking and alert, learning new material, and applying our
memory skills. This activity is part of Phil's
Moving in Rhythm
presentation for elementary schools.
Sound
Experiments with Frequency
– musical pitch, vibrating length, and frequency –
Phil shows how we measure Frequency in Hertz (Hz) using a
yardstick, a trombone, the Bebot Robot Synth, and his voice using the iOS app, GarageBand.
Sound
Experiments with Decibels
– energy, waves, sound volume, and technology tools –
Phil explains how we use decibels (dB) to measure the volume of
sounds. Then, he shows how to use a smart phone to play the game, What's Louder,
by comparing the decibel rating of familiar sounds in our world.
How to
Make a Straw Oboe / Duck Quacker/ Duck Call
– making homemade instruments with length and pitch –
Phil shows how to make a Straw Oboe using a plastic drinking
straw. He also shows how to play it like a Duck Call or Duck Quacker!
Blowing
out a Candle with a Sound Cannon
– Sound travels through the air in waves –
Yes, you can blow out a candle using sound waves. This fun
little routine is from my
Math, Science & Technology presentation. Special thank
you to Doris Sterling (teacher) for playing along!
