Art and Music Sites for Students

1. National Gallery of Art
This site is a lot of fun. Students can make art on the computer. There are different links they can choose to make certain types of art.

2. SmART Kids
This site is through the University of Chicago and they have set up a place for kids to go and they can tour different paintings, learn about the different styles, and tour an artist's studio.

3. Play Music
This interactive site lets students write their own music, take a seat in an orchastra, and click on different instruments to hear what they sound like.

4. Fun With Music
The San Francisco Symphony has put together a site for kids to come and have fun with music. They can meet the music notes, they can go to the music lab and experiment with the sights and sounds of music, and they can even see what is going on with the San Fran Symphony.

5. BrainPOP - Music and Art
BrainPOP has come out with an art and music section now. They can learn about different music artists, painting artists, colors, harmony, and many other things. I think this part of BainPOP is really cool.

6. Andy Warhol
This is a link to the Andy Warhol museum. I have a really great art project that goes with Andy Warhol that is one of my favorites so I thought this would be a great link to do a little mini unit on him.
Art Project:
Give each student a plain white sheet of paper. For younger students (K-3) have different colored paper torn or cut up. Also some magazine pictures or headlines cut up as well. For older students (4-6) they can cut/tear any colors they want and choose pictures and sayings from magazines. On the white sheet of paper they can glue and paste any colors and pictures that they want in some sort of collage. When the collages are done, make a transparency of an important person they are doing a report on, a soup can, shoe, or just a face. Tape the transparency to the top of the collage and each student will have their own Andy Warhol. I did this wiht 4th graders and they loved it and had a lot of fun.