A physics game where each level gives you interconnected sticks to try to swing and keep on the platform.

Using Newton's Laws of motion to calculate the acceleration of a pendulum as well as to compute and draw its position along the swing and move about the screen in a computationally based graphic system.

Lesson plan that teaches the roles that jazz music and jazz musicians played in the war effort and that demonstrates the effect that the war had on jazz in America.

Searchable glossary of terminology common in tap dance, compiled by Vance Holmes, M.F.A., choreographer, and dance educator. Links to other dance and music dictionaries.

A brief biography of the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O'Connor.

Visit this site for information on a variety of dance forms. It gives background information on the origination of the dances and how to perform the dances.

Egg: The Arts Show video in which Frankie Quimby, a resident of Sapelo Island, talks about the history and culture of the island. This is one in a series of videos about Sapelo Island. [1:48]

Examines the progression from Ragtime and New Orleans jazz to Big Band.

A biography of Tommy Dorsey with links to his contemporaries, a discography, filmography, and suggested reading.

Biography, discography, suggested reading, and links to Fletcher Henderson's contemporaries.

A short biography with links to related topics, filmography, and a short bibliography are included in this Red Hot Jazz Archive.

This site offers a short biography of the great musical composer Glenn Miller. Includes information on his backgrounds, as well as his musical achievements.

Uncover biographical facts about African American jazz musician, Fletcher Henderson, who formed the first big band orchestra in the early 1920s.

Learn of the historical contributions of jazz musician, band leader, and Pennsylvania native, Billy Eckstine in this succinct biography.

Examine the life and historical contributions of renown jazz vocalist and Pennsylvania native, Billie Holiday in this concise biography.

Through the exercises presented at this website, students with "Learn that other kids experience the same kids of emotions as they do," "That it's important to understand what we're feeling," and "That we can often benefit by discussing...

Although he died at the young age of 25, Clifford Brown was one of the best trumpet players in jazz. Read a brief biography, view pictures and view a list of his recordings.

PBS profiles American jazz singer and actress Lena Horne's life and music. Includes video.

This William P. Gottlieb Collection from the Library of Congress contains over 1600 photographs of celebrated jazz artists and documents the jazz scene from 1938 to 1948.

Facts about bipolar disorder, its causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. Includes information about how to get help if you have it, how to help someone else who has bipolar disorder, and how it affects those around you.

Encyclopedia article with health information about bipolar disorder: types, symptoms, treatments, tests, prognosis.

Offers interesting biographical background details on "the father of bluegrass music", Bill Monroe, a 1997 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Includes a timeline of key events, recommended reading list, and essential songs.

Billie Holiday is one of the most well-known blues singers of all time. Visit this Library of Congress site for more about her early years and some great photographs.

Dizzie Gillespie helped create a new form of modern jazz called be-bop. It was the predecessor of hip-hop that is so popular today.