The science lesson investigating the mechanism of a Keyboard Harmonica by disassembling it ～Developing a New Science Lesson through Music～

Abstract

A science lesson using a familiar music instrument was developed and practiced in the lower secondary school, The lesson consisted of investigating the mechanism of a Keyboard Harmonica by disassembling it. This investigation of a musical instrument that most students had used regularly excited their intellectual curiosity. Noticing the scientific devices included inside the Keyboard Harmonica helped students feel the benefits of the study of science for real life. Lessons in which students study the mechanism of an object by disassembling it help them strengthening their logical thinking power. On the questionnaire given at the end of the lesson, many students reported that they were impressed by the freshness of the lesson, that the lesson was interesting, and that the lesson was easy to understand.