In this grade 2 instructional activity, students use base ten blocks to compose and decompose numbers.

Learn about the typical projects and compensation a composer earns when working on films, games, and advertisements.

Learn about the typical training and education necessary to become a composer.

Provides examples and a video lesson that illustrates how to compose a mathematical expression.

Knowledge in Action! Today you will find out if the students are understanding the idea of decomposing and composing shapes with pattern blocks.

Compose equivalent transformations in two different ways.

Explanations and examples of composing functions with functions.

A brief biography of the Spanish composer and pianist, Isaac Albeniz. In French.

During this lesson students will have the opportunity to research the following composers: Kenny G, W.C. Handy, Johannes Brahms, and Amadeus Mozart. Students will learn to navigate the Internet to locate important facts. They will also...

This site is provided for by the Classical Composers Database. Biographical information on Albinoni with comparisons made to Telemann and Vivaldi' compositions and preferences.

This Classical Composers Database site describes the influence Martin Luther had on music, especially his contribution of the modern Christian hymn.

Examine the result of reflecting a shape successively through two different lines.

The Power Essay, like the power paragraph, focuses on helping students understand the structure of a piece of expository writing. The "power" concept teaches students to organize their ideas according to levels of specificity and to...

In this lesson plan students use base ten blocks to explore place value.

Calling all Shape Detectives! In this weeklong adventure, the children will explore and search for basic shapes as they go on a shape hunt. They will describe, match, sort and compose a variety of two-dimensional shapes, and create a...

This page covers a wide range of topics concerning 20th century music. Included are many references to styles and composers and terms found in 20th century music.

Read about this unusual but creative modern classical composer. Highlighting his major works, this short biography explores his philosophy of music.

Learn how to compose music in 900 minutes through a process known as "Improvitaping." This is a good tool for the upper level student and makes a great teachers help.

The searchable Aria Database features over 1,200 arias from 170 operas by 60 composers. It includes lyrics, translations, synopses of operas, and MIDI files.

This profile of the 11th son of J. S. Bach surveys his life as a successful court musician and composer in Italy and England.

A discussion of the film score of "La Belle et La Bete" (Beauty and the Beast) by composer, Georges Auric. Adriano, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Axios Chorus

Duke Ellington's prominence as one of the greatest American composers and key figure in the development of the genre of jazz is highlighted in this encyclopedia entry.

The purpose of this task is to give young scholars an opportunity to compose and decompose polygons to make rectangles. The students will be shown a picture and are asked to count how many rectangles they see. Explanations and examples...

A brief biography of American composer Leonard Bernstein is presented here. Read the highlights of his career and contributions to music.