Graduate Project Title
The Mathematics of Sound: Integrating Music into a Math Curriculum
Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 2000
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Linda Beath
Second Committee Member
Cindy Emmans
Third Committee Member
Keith Salyer
Abstract
The purpose of this project was to develop prototype lesson plans that connects and integrates musical and mathematical concepts at the 5th grade level. Both musical and mathematical concepts can be enhanced when studying the correlation between the two subjects. This project will provide lesson plans and activities using the Washington State Essential Academic Leaming Requirements as a basis for the concepts being taught. The goal of the project is to inspire teachers to use integration throughout the curriculum. An integrated curriculum develops and supports the coherence of ideas and concepts taught within our schools. By fostering our natural instinct to integrate our life experiences, curriculum integration can increase the understanding, motivation, and relevance of learning new concepts.
Recommended Citation
Meacham, Shawn William, "The Mathematics of Sound: Integrating Music into a Math Curriculum" (2000). All Graduate Projects. 673.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/673
Included in
Art Education Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Elementary Education Commons, Music Education Commons, Music Pedagogy Commons, Science and Mathematics Education Commons