Music & Biology

I love the idea of combining the arts with science teaching.  There are so many great resources out there that are incredibly relevant to introducing a topic or illustrating a concept.  The Symphony of Science videos are an amazing combination of input from a variety of professional scientists from diverse fields of study that illustrate that science - whatever the topic may be - is a collaborative, applied, and continually evolving effort to understand aspects of this planet and universe.  The information is then combined with amazing images and music that speaks to or awakens other parts of the brain.  I have some favorites that I use during different units in Biology - The Poetry of Reality, In the Beginning, The Unbroken Thread, We are all connected... and more
http://www.symphonyofscience.com/ 
My own children, who are in elementary and - soon to be - middle school can sing the lyrics - the scientific presentations - from the Unbroken Thread.  The tunes and phasing of the music are catchy and the lyrics are excellent content.  It is enjoyable anyway, but for class use, it can be used with specific purpose - ie. have student identify the contributing scientists noting their specific fields of study and identify the connections of that field of study to the topic at hand; identify elements of scientific process that are evident in the video.

There are many other applications for using music in the classroom.  I think this combination is appealing to many students.  http://www.iamlodge.com/beans/?p=119 has some excellent science songs that cover content.  There is even a video to explain how to create a music video or paper slide music video.   This is definitely something I would like to incorporate into my classroom.
http://users.rcn.com/fvirzi/kar.shtml has Biology Karaoke - students can use the lyrics and background music to create their own music video - though some of the tunes may note be so appealing to some students.  http://www.songsforteaching.com/biologysongs/ is another site with biology related songs.  http://www.soundzabound.com/ is a site that has royalty free music that allows fair use for schools.  Students can use the background music to beef up their own content relevant videos.