Learning Lab Activity Gallery
Engaging lessons and activities encourage students in grades K-8 to identify themes from Harry Potter, create their own characters with composer Edward Elgar, explore musical form with Scott Joplin, and more.
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- Grades K-2
- Grades 3-5
- Grades 6-8
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Videos, photos, and activities that introduce the instruments of the orchestra and the musicians who play them. Presented by PNC Arts Alive.
Grades: 1-8
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Explore the changing seasons through music and movement with Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. Integrate music into the science curriculum by studying how animal habitats and behavioral adaptations relate to the changing seasons.
Grades: 3-6
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Take flight and explore musical themes with Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by John Williams.
Grades: 3-6
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Follow a listening map and move to Scott Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag to discover traditional Ragtime form.
Grades: 3-6
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Expand student vocabulary while learning about themes in literature and music through the popular children’s book The Composer is Dead.
Grades: 4-6
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Uncover the musical form—theme and variations—and hone your listening skills with a listening map puzzle.
Grades: 4-8
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Try your hand at the American folk tradition of patting Juba and discover its relationship to Black female composer Florence Price’s Symphony No. 1.
Grades: 4-8
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Explore the cultural significance of Lift Every Voice and Sing, the Black national anthem, and compose your own anthem.
Grades: 5-7
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Explore the changing seasons through music and movement with Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. Integrate music into the science curriculum by studying how animal habitats and behavioral adaptations relate to the changing seasons.
Grades: 3-6
![](https://slso.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/201218_J_LearnLabThumbnails_v45-324x324.jpg)
Take flight and explore musical themes with Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by John Williams.
Grades: 3-6
![](https://slso.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/201218_J_LearnLabThumbnails_v46-324x324.jpg)
Follow a listening map and move to Scott Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag to discover traditional Ragtime form.
Grades: 3-6
![](https://slso.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/201218_J_LearnLabThumbnails_v43-324x324.jpg)
Expand student vocabulary while learning about themes in literature and music through the popular children’s book The Composer is Dead.
Grades: 4-6
![](https://slso.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/201218_J_LearnLabThumbnails_v410-324x324.jpg)
Uncover the musical form—theme and variations—and hone your listening skills with a listening map puzzle.
Grades: 4-8
![](https://slso.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/201218_J_LearnLabThumbnails_v4-324x324.jpg)
Try your hand at the American folk tradition of patting Juba and discover its relationship to Black female composer Florence Price’s Symphony No. 1.
Grades: 4-8
![](https://slso.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/201218_J_LearnLabThumbnails_v47-324x324.jpg)
Explore the cultural significance of Lift Every Voice and Sing, the Black national anthem, and compose your own anthem.
Grades: 5-7
![](https://slso.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/201218_J_LearnLabThumbnails_v415-324x324.jpg)
Videos, photos, and activities that introduce the instruments of the orchestra and the musicians who play them. Presented by PNC Arts Alive.
Grades: 1-8
![](https://slso.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/201218_J_LearnLabThumbnails_v44-324x324.jpg)
Explore the changing seasons through music and movement with Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. Integrate music into the science curriculum by studying how animal habitats and behavioral adaptations relate to the changing seasons.
Grades: 3-6
![](https://slso.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/201218_J_LearnLabThumbnails_v45-324x324.jpg)
Take flight and explore musical themes with Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by John Williams.
Grades: 3-6
![](https://slso.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/201218_J_LearnLabThumbnails_v46-324x324.jpg)
Follow a listening map and move to Scott Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag to discover traditional Ragtime form.
Grades: 3-6
![](https://slso.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/201218_J_LearnLabThumbnails_v43-324x324.jpg)
Expand student vocabulary while learning about themes in literature and music through the popular children’s book The Composer is Dead.
Grades: 4-6
![](https://slso.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/201218_J_LearnLabThumbnails_v410-324x324.jpg)
Uncover the musical form—theme and variations—and hone your listening skills with a listening map puzzle.
Grades: 4-8
![](https://slso.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/201218_J_LearnLabThumbnails_v4-324x324.jpg)
Try your hand at the American folk tradition of patting Juba and discover its relationship to Black female composer Florence Price’s Symphony No. 1.
Grades: 4-8
![](https://slso.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/201218_J_LearnLabThumbnails_v47-324x324.jpg)
Explore the cultural significance of Lift Every Voice and Sing, the Black national anthem, and compose your own anthem.
Grades: 5-7
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