How Can I Integrate STEM with Music?

Abstract

This chapter demonstrates each of the sixteen components used in creating an instructional plan for a lesson that integrates STEM with Music. Each component is placed and developed in a particular way to achieve efficiency in the reading and executing of the overall instructional plan. These components consist of Lesson Title, Duration, Lesson Description, Listing Integration of Contents, Cognitive Demand Using Bloom’s Taxonomy, Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences, 21st-Century Skills, Content Standards and Arts Standards: Assessed vs. Addressed, Key Vocabulary, Arts Concepts Based on the National Core Arts Standards, Materials, Essential Questions, Lesson Sequence and Corresponding Assessments, Summary Activity, Extension Activity, and Adaptations for Grade-Level Bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12). All foundational information and concepts presented in previous chapters are illustrated in the presentation of a sample lesson, Wearable Circuits for Piano Performance: Sustain Pedal.