Music Matters
How the String Quartet Evolved - Music Appreciation
The String Quartet is a Classical Period innovation, developed largely in the hands of Haydn. This music appreciation lesson presents an overview of how the String Quartet evolved and also explores the Baroque background that led to the...
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Writing a Rising Sequence - Music Composition
Learn how to evolve a rising sequence above a bass line employing a series of 4-3 suspensions alternating in the upper parts. We explore a Baroque technique that has broader application for harmonic writing, giving ideas for developing...
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Augmentation and Diminution Techniques - Music Composition
How to incorporate augmentation and diminution into a piece of music. This music composition lesson begins with a melodic line supported by a moving bass and goes on to demonstrate how the melodic line can be presented using augmentation...
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Introduction to Fractions
The video “Introduction to Fractions” describes numerators and denominators and uses examples to illustrate the concept of fractions.
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The Inuit People of Alaska
The Inuit People of Alaska investigates how the physical characteristics of a place influence the daily life of the people who live there by examining the cultural characteristics of the Inuit people of Alaska.
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Shipping Goods Domestically
"Shipping Goods Domestically" discusses how products and resources are shipped across the United States by breaking down the three major ways this occurs.
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Congruent Figures and Symmetry
A video entitled “Congruent Figures and Symmetry” which models how to determine if figures are congruent and where lines of symmetry can be drawn.
Weird History
The History of Sloppy Joes
Weird History Food is going to get sloppy with this one talking about the history of the Sloppy Joe. Whether it came from Sioux City, Iowa, Key West, Florida or Havana, Cuba, the Sloppy Joe has left a deliciously large greasy imprint on...
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Using Electromagnets
A video entitled “Using Electromagnets” which discusses why electromagnets are so useful and introduces several examples of how electromagnets are used in everyday life.
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Using Context Clues
“Using Context Clues” explains how context clues can be used to understand unknown words.
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Syllable Drum: Clap to the Beat
A video entitled “Syllable Drum: Clap to the Beat” which models how to clap the syllables that make up words.
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Branches of Government
The federal government of the United States of America is split into three separate and distinct branches. But what do the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary do and why are they necessary?
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Visual Aids
A video entitled "Visual Aids" which explains the process of creating visual aids that can enhance the presentation of a technical task.
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Complex Numbers
“Complex Numbers” will explain what a complex number is and how to apply operations to complex numbers.
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Fraction Review
“Fraction Review” works with fraction strips and reviews factors, multiples, equivalent fractions, ordering fractions, mixed numbers, and improper fractions.
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Weather Patterns
“Weather Patterns” describes the weather patterns that occur during each season.
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Meteorologist
“Meterologist” will discuss weather changes and how patterns in weather can help make weather predictions.
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Plans to Partition China between the European Powers
Plans to Partition China between the European Powers
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Simplify Expressions
The video “Simplify Expressions” introduces algebra tiles as a helpful tool for representing and simplifying algebraic expressions.
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Reusing Pieces
A video entitled “Reusing Pieces” which gives examples of objects that can be made from smaller parts or pieces of other objects.
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Real-World Same Denominator
A video entitled “Real-World Same Denominator” uses real-world situations to compare fractions that have the same denominators.
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Shape World Problems
A video entitled “Shape Word Problems” which discusses how basic shapes can be partitioned into equal parts and solves word problems using partitioned shapes as models.
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Parts of a Plant: Part 1
Dr. Algae introduces the parts of a plant and explains the importance of each one.