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Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Circle Geometry Properties

For Students 6th - 8th
Investigate circles, namely their angles, chords, and tangents using this highly interactive Learn Alberta math. Explore a number of circle geometry properties that can be used to determine unknowns. Be sure to follow the link to the...
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Music Theory

Music theory.net: Chord Ear Trainer

For Students 9th - 10th
This online quiz gives students a chance to recognize triads and seventh chords, by listening to audio clips. Teachers can customize this quiz and print out progress reports.
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Music Theory

Music theory.net: Introduction to Chords

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough description of chords, roots, and triads. Provides illustrated examples as well as audio clips to supplement this lesson.(You may need to download Flash Player to view this site.)
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Music Theory

Music theory.com: Introduction to Chords

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of augmented and diminished triads/ chords. Provides illustrated examples with highlighted vocabulary words,a printable chart, and audio clips to supplement the lesson.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Angles Formed by Intersecting Chords, Secants, and Tangents

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity, students will investigate properties of angles and arcs formed when chords, secants, and tangents intersect and intercept arcs in a circle. They discover several important theorems concerning circles and arc sizes. They...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Real Life Real World Avalanche Rescue

For Teachers 9th - 10th
When hikers and skiers go into terrain with a risk of avalanches, they take safety equipment including avalanche rescue beacons. An avalanche rescue beacon sends and receives electromagnetic field signals that travel in circular...
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Article
Other

The Tonal Center/diatonic Scales

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive summary of basic music theory. Commentary is thorough yet practical. Information on tonality, chords, scales, cadences, etc. This pages is on diatonic scales.
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Other

The Tonal Centre: Tonality

For Students 9th - 10th
Study the aspects of music tonality with this site. Chords, scales and cadences are all explained as they relate to tonality.
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Other

Better Guitar: Chord Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent tutorial for learning chords for the guitar. Tells what chords are, chord names, what chord blocks and barre chords are, and how to move chord shapes up the guitar neck to create new chords. Gives examples and pictures that...
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eBook
Math Planet

Math Planet: Geometry: Advanced Information About Circles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides advanced information about circles through the use of examples and a brief video lesson. [1:00]
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Article
OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Triads

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about triads in this well explained lesson. This site explains the root, first inversion and second inversion of the chords. Test your knowledge with several self checking problems.
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Article
OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Naming Triads

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the various types of triads. This lesson focuses on the chords in root position. Included in this site are a few self checking tests.
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Other

Chord Studio

For Students 9th - 10th
Have fun composing your own music with this easy to use online tool. Select the chords you want your song to have and choose the various instrument styles. You can sign up for a free account so you can save your songs and edit them later.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Graphing Calculator Practice Problems: Circles

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice using your graphing calculator for drawing circles and for finding measurements for circles and parts of the circle. If you get stumped or if you would like to check your work, then select the View Solution button, which is...
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Other

Online Music Theory Reference

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is essentially an online music theory dictionary or encyclopedia.It teaches about intervals, chords and scales. Online sound clips really enhance site.
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BBC

Bbc: Music Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a fun and interactive way to learn all about the elements of music. It offers links to information, definitions, assessments, and examples of melody, harmony and tonality, structure, tempo, metre and rhythm,...
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Other

The Violin Site: Bow Arm Exercises

For Students 9th - 10th
Many exercises and techniques for the bow arm are explained on this site with the use of music studies and videos. This is a good resource that helps explain the proper techniques for using the bow arm properly.
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Article
Other

Article: Learning Tunes Efficiently: Part Two: Chords and Notes

For Students 9th - 10th
This article deals with another way of how to learn tunes efficiently, that is, by chords and notes.
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Handout
Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Central Angle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A handy reference guide to central angles. It provides definitions, examples, and an interactive activity that enhances further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
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Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Inscribed Angle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about inscribed angles with this handy reference guide. Provides a detailed definition, examples, and an interactive activity that enhances further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
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Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Diameter

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A complete reference guide to diameters. It provides definitions, examples, and interactive activities that enhance further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
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Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Segment of a Circle

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the segment of a circle with this handy reference guide. Provides detailed definitions and an interactive activity that enhances further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
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Google

Chrome Music Lab

For Students K - 1st
Chrome Music Lab is a website that makes learning music more accessible through fun, hands-on experiments.
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Other

Chord House: Piano Room

For Students 9th - 10th
Create and play a variety of chords in this virtual piano room.