Students explore the connection between music and art by listening to a painting created by the artist V. Kandinsky, using Google arts and Culture: Play a Kandinsky. Students use problem solving skills to explore what Kandinsky might have heard when painting “Yellow-Red-Blue” and bring to life his theory on synesthesia and abstract art. Students explore Kandinsky’s theories on color and sound and the relationship between shapes. After exploring the Kandinsky painting, students create their own paintings in the style of Kandinsky, and explain the color and sound relationships that exist in their original work.

Students work individually or collaboratively to explore vocal range, high and low sounds, and vowel sounds using Google Arts and Culture: Blob Opera. Students explore how each voice part sounds and interacts with others. After exploration is complete, students can use the tool to create and record their own Blob Opera.