Orchestraland

OBJECTIVE: Students will connect characteristics and traits from the four families of instruments and the orchestra and apply them in creating an “amusement park”. Using the facts we have learned about the four instrument families and the orchestra, students created an “amusement park” based on the orchestra. Using instrument shapes, parts, materials, accessories, and facts about the orchestra, they created rides, attractions, and more, dividing up the amusement park into different “lands” that match up instruments with similar characteristics. Required components included the following: - Each instrument family should be represented and evident - Other various facts about the orchestra should be included, including a place for the orchestra to perform - There should be a focus on the “common bonds” in each family in designing the attractions - Use what you know about amusement parks in your planning (including types of rides and attractions that you’ll have)

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