Unit 9 Animal Magic
Dawn Parade, from the original Disney cartoon.
KS1/2: Suggested in QCA Unit 9 as example of music that describes animals.
KS3 idea: Can be viewed as an example of the march genre, drawing attention to the verbal counting and regular pulse and typical 'oompah' bass line. Notice how the march tempo that suits elephants is slower than would suit humans (perhaps contrast it with a typical Sousa march).
Official classification: Song, Animals, Video, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Curriculum support
Trailer for Dolphins and Whales, Tribes of the Ocean in 3D.
KS2/3 idea: Does any of the musical content of this soundtrack strongly suggest the deep ocean? Pupils could be asked to compose and record their own alternative soundtrack for this trailer, which includes no commentary/dialogue and is about 75 seconds long. They should first decide what particular feelings that want to evoke and how they could achieve this in music/sound. After composing their soundtracks in small groups they could then record them and play them back in place of the original soundtrack. How do they think their efforts measure up to their intentions and to the original soundtrack?
Official classification: Video, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Curriculum support, Mammals
Audio clips, human impersonations of 7 different farmyard animal sounds.
Official classification: Understanding Sound, Non-Musical Sounds, Animal Sounds, Voices, Unit 2. Sounds interesting - Exploring sounds, Audio, Interactive Activities, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Curriculum support
Audio clips of 7 different big cats.
Official classification: Animal Sounds, Animals, Interactive Activities, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Curriculum support
Audio clips of 4 different birds.
Official classification: Animal Sounds, Animals, Interactive Activities, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Curriculum support
Audio clips of 3 different farm animals.
Official classification: Animal Sounds, Animals, Interactive Activities, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Curriculum support
Audio clips of 4 different large animals.
Official classification: Animal Sounds, Animals, Interactive Activities, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Curriculum support
Audio clips of 4 different medium sized animals.
Official classification: Animals, Interactive Activities, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Curriculum support
Audio clips of 3 different primates.
Official classification: Animal Sounds, Animals, Interactive Activities, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Curriculum support
A fun rhythmic chant to be performed with actions, highlighting high-, medium and
low-pitched voices.
Official classification: Singing, Animals, Unit 1. Ongoing skills, Unit 5. Taking off - Exploring pitch, Teaching Songs, Wider opps, Resource Packs, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Unit 19 Songwriter, Curriculum support, Mammals
Descriptive piece from Carnival of the Animals by French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saens.
KS1 idea: focus listening on the contrast between short sounds in the piano accompaniment with longer sounds in the cello solo.
Official classification: Unit 3. The long and the short of it - Exploring duration, The Romantic Period, Classical Pieces, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Saint Saens, Charles Camille, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Programme Music, Curriculum support
From Carnival of the Animals.
KS1/2 idea: example for listening with particular focus on descriptive low melody on the double bass.
Official classification: The Romantic Period, Classical Pieces, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Saint Saens, Charles Camille, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Programme Music, Curriculum support
Open Source documentary from Link Media: The Explore team observing cheetahs stalking a herd of gazelles.
Official classification: Animals, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Curriculum support
Open Source clip from Link Media: (1 min 1 second)
The Explore team observing zebras in Tanzania's Serengeti Plain.
Official classification: Animals, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Curriculum support
Animations of some animal sounds - including a frog, a hummingbird and a woodpecker.
Official classification: Animal Sounds, Animals, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Curriculum support
Aesop’s fable of the runaway slave and the lion with a thorn in its paw. A tale story of gratitude. Narrated by Natasha from Storynory.com
Official classification: Listening, Animals, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Fairy Tales, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Curriculum support, Storynory.com
Aesop’s fables are loved pretty much everywhere. In these four audio adaptations by Storynory a rat, grasshopper, a fox and a mouse tell their tales in their own words.
Official classification: Listening, Animals, The Spoken Word, Stories, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Fairy Tales, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Curriculum support, Storynory.com
Song audio from www.freekidsmusic.com
Official classification: Singing, Unit 1. Ongoing skills, Teaching Songs, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Curriculum support, 1a Controlling sounds - singing, Freekidsmusic.com
Interactive Matching Activity featuring a leopard, a cow and a bear.
Official classification: Animals, Unit 1. Ongoing skills, Unit 2. Sounds interesting - Exploring sounds, Interactive Activities, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Curriculum support, 3a Responding and reviewing - analyse and compare
The first of Aaron Copland's work from 1920. A piano solo piece based on a Jean de la Fontaine fable
KS2 idea: listen as an example of descriptive music to create mood and atmosphere. Notice particular the use of changing tempo.
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Classical Pieces, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, United States, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Curriculum support, Copland, Aaron