Coach Socrates and Miss Palomine talk about the differences in throwing a small ball and throwing a large ball. Coach Socrates explains how to throw the ball at a target and then they encourage your student to play dodge ball with his...

Coach Socrates teaches Miss Palomine a new game of catch -- catching the ball while moving from side-to-side. Coach explains the game and shows a video clip to demonstrate the new catching game.

Discover how to harmonise a fast moving melody with chords. The temptation is to harmonise every note, resulting in a harmonic rhythm that moves too quickly. We explore how to determine which notes are harmony notes / chord tones and...

Learn how to write a canon by augmentation. In a canon by augmentation one part begins then the second part follows on several beats or bars behind using the same pitch as the first part but presented in notes of twice the value. This...

Learn the meaning of ‘crab canon’ then proceeds to compose an example so you can see how to do it. In a crab canon, one part works forwards while a second part simultaneously works the same music in reverse. This means that one part...

How to write simple harmonic sequences over a bass line that is derived from the pattern of the circle of 5ths. By alternating intervals of the 4th and the 5th in the bass a descending bass line is created above which a systematic...

An idea for elaborating an upper melodic line over an ascending scale in the bass line. Ascending scales in the bass can be awkward to harmonise satisfactorily without generating parallels. This pattern illustrates one way of handling...

This music composition lesson explores one idea for writing a sequence based on a pattern in the bass line. In this case, the bass alternates falling thirds with rising seconds to generate a melodic pattern at the bottom of the...

A question we all ask ourselves every time a black cloud appears and starts rain down on you. So once and for all we investigated this daily quandary to find out the answer!

Join us as we explore the physics behind 'What goes up must come down!

UC Berkeley political theorist Mark Bevir relates his belief in the importance of thinking philosophically in order to make vital progress in the social sciences.

University of Warwick mathematician Ian Stewart describes how the innovative photographic technique of Eadweard Muybridge in the 1870s answered an age-old question regarding animal movements, setting the stage for the movie industry.

In this video, the teacher explains how matter is constantly recycled in ecosystems. She shows examples of how matter moves from plants to animals, and from one organism to another through consumption. She also discusses the role of...

This video breaks down the complex mechanics of sound and how sound travels. Students learn about vibration and sound waves, and even get to test their own instruments!

In this video, we learn all about earthquakes. Below our feet is the Earth's surface, made of tectonic plates. Those plates are always moving and shifting and sometimes, this movements causes big shaking! Earthquakes can cause changes in...

This video explains the formation of the universe as described by the Big Bang theory.