Curated Video
Removing Empty Words: Writing with Conciseness and Precision
This video is a writing lesson that teaches students how to remove empty words like "this," "that," and "there" from their writing to make it more concise and precise. The teacher provides examples and guides students through the process...
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Fossils: Molds, Casts, and Imprints
Upon viewing the Exploring Fossils video series, students will be able to do the following: Explain that fossils are the ancient remains or traces of once-living things. Understand that fossils come in a wide range of shapes, sizes, and...
MinuteEarth
How Long Did People Use To Live?
By analyzing survivorship curves over the centuries, we can learn what’s changed about how - and when - humans die.
Odd Quartet
How To Make Non-Chord Notes Sound Good
Today we are going to write a harmony using mostly seventh chords and we will look at a strategy to deal with non-chord notes when we are writing music. This combines a couple of our past lessons so be sure you watched those videos...
TED-Ed
A Different Way to Visualize Rhythm
Take a musical journey around the world with a short video that demonstrates the value of using the wheel method of representing rhythm, rather than the usual notes on a musical bar line.