Virtual STEM Tour Grades K–8 Including 7 hands-on activities and 7 activity sheets! This field trip video collection is designed for students in grades K–8 and provides a dynamic, STEM-based learning experience for students to discover how musical instruments are made and how they work. Grounded in Arizona K–12 and Next Generation Science Standards, seven inquiry-based videos with tangible musical explorations guide students through a series of steps to discover the science of sound. The five types of instruments featured in the STEM videos are: aerophones chordophones electrophones idiophones membranophones Learn More »
Virtual Musical Menagerie Tour Grades K–2 This video collection is designed for students in grades K–2 and introduces concepts of animal imagery and symbolism through instruments and objects. All five videos are standards-based and contain geographic and contextual grounding for the topic and an engagement piece for students to create, move, or make music. The countries and regions featured in the Musical Menagerie videos include: Democratic Republic of the Congo Mongolia Italy Andean Highlands: Peru & Bolivia Northwest Coast (USA/Canada) Learn More »
Virtual Discovery Tour Grades 3–12 This video collection is designed for students in grades 3–12 and explores community music making and various musical journeys—demonstrating that when people move throughout the world, their instruments and music move with them. All five videos are standards-based and contain geographic and contextual grounding for the topic and an engagement piece for students to create, move, or make music. The regions and countries featured in the Discovery videos include: Tanzania Philippines Brazil Louisiana Europe Learn More »
Virtual Grupo BombAZo Artist Residency Grades K–12 Take a virtual journey to Puerto Rico and experience the beats and rhythms of bomba. Grupo BombAZo and special guests Ivelisse Diaz and Marién Torres López will teach participants about the three main components of bomba—singing, drumming, and dancing—in the 30-minute prerecorded workshop. The video collection, including pre- and post-video educational materials, will be available through May 31, 2022. Learn More »