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28 May 2026

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Researching their favourite musical style or genre is a fun and engaging school music project! Students love exploring different kinds of music — from jazz to pop, classical to hip hop — and teachers love the structured, project-based independent learning. If you need a no-prep, editable, and differentiated template to guide your students through a research project, this digital research template gives your middle or high school students everything they need to research, organise, and present information about a musical genre or style — without copy-pasting from Google or using AI!

Perfect for general music, music appreciation, or cover work/sub plans, this resource includes 13 customisable slides focusing on a genre’s History, Characteristics, Influences, and Key Artists or Performances. Each slide prompts short, meaningful responses which the students must research before entering it onto the slides.

Teachers can easily differentiate by editing or removing slides, adding custom prompts, or adapting the difficulty level to suit different year groups or lesson lengths.

What’s included?
13 editable slides (11 ready-to-use and 2 blank slides)
PowerPoint + Google Slides formats
Editable teacher rubric for quick and consistent grading
Teacher instructions and setup guide
Extension activity ideas for fast finishers

Tell me more!
Research projects are a staple in secondary music classrooms. They encourage student choice and curiosity, build digital literacy and research skills, and can be completed independently — making them perfect for cover work, project based learning or flexible lesson planning.

But open-ended presentations can leave students overwhelmed. That’s why this template was created — it gives structure and clarity while still allowing personalisation and choice. The short-answer format helps students summarise and present their findings, showing real understanding instead of copy-pasted facts paragraphs!

Each slide has been individually designed with coordinated colours and clean, age-appropriate layouts — not a canva template! — helping showcase student work in a visually appealing and easy-to-read format.

Why teachers love it
No-prep: Ready to assign digitally in class
Differentiated: Edit, remove, or add slides for any ability or year group
Sub-friendly: Clear instructions mean students can work independently
Encourages comprehension: Format discourages copy/paste and AI use
Project-based learning: Develops inquiry, organisation, and presentation skills
Flexible timing: Can take 1–3 lessons depending on slides used

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Research Project Templates - growing bundle for music research projects

Looking for engaging, structured music research projects for your music classes students? This growing bundle gives you everything you need to guide students through independent, project-based learning - without the stress of blank slides or copy-pasted Google answers! This bundle currently includes three editable research templates: • Famous Composers • Bands or Artists • Musical Genres or Styles • Musical Instruments …and more will be added soon: buy now and get all future projects FREE! Future topics might include World Music, Favourite Songs - feel free to leave suggestions! Each project follows a clear, age-appropriate structure that helps students organise and present information about their chosen topic. The templates prompt students to summarise key facts in short, meaningful responses, developing comprehension, digital literacy, and presentation skills. Perfect for general music, music appreciation, history of music, or sub plans, these projects work for both individual and group research and can easily be differentiated for different year groups and abilities. **What’s included?** • 4 complete editable research projects (PowerPoint + Google Slides versions) • Editable grading rubric for each topic • Teacher instructions and setup guides • Extension activity ideas for fast finishers • Clear, student-friendly directions for independent learning • Future research project templates FREE as the bundle grows **Tell me more!** Music research projects are a classroom favourite for good reason - they promote curiosity, student choice, and independent thinking, while being flexible, low-prep, and adaptable to any unit or schedule. These no-prep digital activities eliminate the most common pain points: students struggling with blank presentations, overwhelming freedom, or reliance on AI and copy-paste answers. Each slide template guides them step-by-step through relevant topics and encourages real comprehension and summarised understanding. Every slide is individually designed - not a generic PowerPoint layout - with coordinated colours, clean formatting, and an age-appropriate aesthetic. The result? Projects that look polished and professional while being simple and clear enough for secondary school students. **Why teachers love it** • No-prep: Ready to assign in PowerPoint or Google Slides Differentiated: Add, remove, or edit slides to adjust difficulty • Sub-friendly: Clear instructions allow for independent work with a cover teacher, even a non-specialist • Encourages real research: Prevents copy/paste and AI-generated text • Project-based learning: Builds research, analysis, and presentation skills • Visually engaging: Clean, coordinated designs that showcase student work • Growing value: Receive future research templates at no extra cost

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