Subject: Math

lesson:
What is a Mӧbius Strip?

Grades: Elementary 4-6, Elementary K-3
Subjects: Art/Design, Math, Science

What is a Mӧbius strip, how do you create one, and what can it represent?

Student Edition:
Using Algebraic Expressions to Calculate Touring Costs

Grades: Elementary K-3
Subjects: Math

Student Edition:
Using Data to Analyze an Artist’s Success

Grades: Elementary K-3
Subjects: Math

Unit Plan:
Math and the Music Industry

Grades: Middle
Subjects: Math

Math is inherent in the music industry. Whether calculating touring costs, analyzing industry data, or determining fan engagement on social media, math interprets numerous aspects of the music industry. Through five lessons, students practice math skills within the context of the music industry. Utilizing important artists as case studies, students...

lesson:
Using Algebraic Expressions to Calculate Touring Costs

Grades: Middle
Subjects: Math

How can writing and evaluating algebraic expressions be used to anticipate a musician’s touring costs?

Student Edition:
Using Algebraic Expressions to Analyze Concert Schedules

Grades: Elementary K-3
Subjects: Math

Student Edition:
Using Ratios to Identify Social Media Engagement

Grades: Elementary K-3
Subjects: Math

lesson:
Using Data to Analyze an Artist’s Success

Grades: Middle
Subjects: Math

How can data be analyzed and interpreted to better understand a band's success?

lesson:
Using Algebraic Expressions to Analyze Concert Schedules

Grades: Middle
Subjects: Math

How can writing and evaluating expressions be used to explain the scope of an artist’s concert schedule?

lesson:
Using Ratios to Identify Social Media Engagement

Grades: Middle
Subjects: Math

How can ratios be used to identify a music artist’s social media audience engagement?

Student Edition:
Using Graphing to Analyze Music Industry Data

Grades: Elementary K-3
Subjects: Math

lesson:
Using Graphing to Analyze Music Industry Data

Grades: Middle
Subjects: Math

How can graphing be used to analyze music industry data?

Unit Plan:
Math and Music: Algebra Featuring Mickey Hart

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: Math

Math and Music: Algebra Featuring Mickey Hart is a lesson collection aligned to 7th to 9th grade math standards that invites students to explore the mathematical and scientific principles of sound and music. In this 4-lesson unit, students: Conduct hands-on activities to discover the physical principles of sound waves, and...

Trace It Back:
Mickey Hart

Subjects: Art/Design, General Music, Math, Science

Student Edition:
Calculating Pitch

Grades: Middle
Subjects: Math

Student Edition:
The Mathematics Behind Sound

Grades: Middle
Subjects: Math

Student Edition:
Musical Ratios

Grades: Middle
Subjects: Math

lesson:
The Mathematics Behind Sound

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: Math

What are the mathematical variables that give a sound its particular quality, and how can these variables be measured, visualized, and calculated?

lesson:
Musical Ratios

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: Math

What role do ratios play in the Western musical concepts of rhythm and harmony?

Student Edition:
Math with Jackson Browne

Grades: All Ages, Elementary K-3, Middle
Subjects: General Music, Math, STEAM

Student Edition:
Math with Beyoncé

Grades: Elementary K-3
Subjects: General Music, Math

Student Edition:
Math with the Grateful Dead

Grades: Elementary K-3
Subjects: General Music, Math

lesson:
Math With The Grateful Dead

Grades: Elementary 4-6
Subjects: Math

How can math be used to better understand the Grateful Dead’s success?

Student Edition:
Design An Electric Guitar With Shapes

Grades: Elementary K-3
Subjects: Math

lesson:
Calculating Pitch

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: Math, STEAM

How do musical instruments produce different pitches, and what variables allow you to calculate the pitch of an instrument?

lesson:
Exploring Shapes in Pablo Picasso’s “Guitar, Sheet Music, and Glass”

Grades: Elementary 4-6, Elementary K-3
Subjects: Art/Design, Math

What shapes did Pablo Picasso use to create his piece Guitar, Sheet Music, and Glass and how can similar shapes be used to create other instruments?

lesson:
Designing an Electric Guitar with Shapes

Grades: Elementary K-3
Subjects: Art/Design, Math, STEAM

How can shapes be used to design an electric guitar?

lesson:
The Beatles Work Towards Success

Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: Math, Social Studies/History, STEAM

How did The Beatles' rigorous work schedule during the years 1960-63 build their strengths as performers, as musicians, and as a band?