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Begin Here Instrument Family Webquest In this activity you will become more familiar with the Instrument Families of the orchestra by sight and sound. You will learn how about two instruments from each family. You will also learn a fact about each of the families. You will be divided into groups of four.
The Task Your group’s job will be: Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4 Each person in your group will pick one of the four instrument families to work with. Each group member will use a different instrument family from the other group members. Back to the Beginning
Task #1 To locate two instruments from each of the four families Back to the Task List
Task #2 Write down the following about each instrument you select How do you play it? What is it made of ? What do you like about it? Back to the Task List
Task #3 • find a site to listen to the instrument and write down how it sounds to you Back to the Task List
Task #4 • Find a site to print off a picture of each instrument Back to the Task List
The Process • The Instrument families are: • Brass • Strings • Woodwinds • Percussion • You will visit three websites while doing your work and you will check them off as you visit each site. Back to the Beginning
The Websites • Check out three of these web sites for your instrument information • CHICO Instrument Encyclopedia • Datadragon: Learn about Instruments • Classics for Kids • Dsokids instrument page Back to the Beginning
Evaluation • Is your checklist complete? • Did you follow directions? • Visited 3 or more sites • Did all four tasks for your instruments • 8 points is an A • 7 points is an A- • 6 points is a B • 5 points is a B- • 4 points is a C • 3 points is a C- • 2 points is a D • 0-1 point is an F Back to the Beginning
Visited 3 or more sites • Visited 1 site 1 point • Visited 2 sites 2 points • Visited 3 sites 4 points • Back to evaluation
Did all four tasks • Did 1 task of the four tasks you could choose from: 1 point • Did 2 tasks of the four tasks you could choose from: 2 points • Did 3 tasks of the four tasks you could choose from: 3 points • Did 4 tasks of the four tasks you could choose from: 4 points • Back to evaluation
Conclusion • By researching these instruments, you should have reinforced your previous knowledge. • Can you now recognize the instruments by sight? • Can you now recognize the instruments by sound? • Were you surprised at the facts that you found? • What else do you still want to know? Back to the Beginning