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Curated OER

General Music Methods

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers work as a class to compose an original four-measure rhythm. After a brief review of a sight reading Gordon rhythm patterns, students compose their own rhythm with each student selecting a part for the composition. All...
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Curated OER

Is Soil Alive?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe soil samples. They then form hypotheses as to whether or not soil is alive. Students read and discuss information about soil and components of soil. They state wheter or not they believe soil is alive and list...
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Curated OER

Newsprint Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Students identify the main question behind their paper and narrow the focus and purpose of their paper. They view their topic from a variety of perspectives and determine their own interest in a particular aspect of a topic. They...
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Color and Composition for the Creative Quilter

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore free-motion machine quilting through three exercises. They enhance patterns, make their own patterns and stitch a realistic quilted drawing. Students create a color wheel and develop a variety of methods that enable them...
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Curated OER

Who am I? Bookmaking

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore the process of bookmaking that has its origins from many different international cultures. The multicultural symbolism represented by the medium is utilized by students to expres their identity.
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Curated OER

Creating a Landmark Calendar-An Enterprise for Your School

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students scrutinize the steps necessary to produce a school calendar featuring local architectural sites and landmarks.
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Curated OER

High Contrast Photographs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers take and develop pictures using patterns of light.
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Curated OER

Space: Meteors

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students find information about meteoroids, meteors and meteorite.
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Curated OER

Art Rageous

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders research and investigate the following topics: color, light, perspective, composition, and artists' styles and lives. A class discussion of the different topics follows.
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Math Medics

S.o.s. Math: Composition of Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson defines Composition of Functions and works several examples. This lesson considers two methods of evaluating compositions, extensively explaining both.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Functions, Relations, and Inverses

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This set of questions pertains to definition of functions, relations, inverses, and composition. Questions are multiple choice, true/false, and short answer. Solutions and explanations are included.
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Mark Harden's Artchive

The Artchive: Leonardo Da Vinci Selected Notes on Painting

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides information about the selected notes by Leonardo da Vinci on artistic style. Mentions colors, tone, sculpture, drawing, shadows, perspective, etc.
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Handout
Other

Suny: Conventions of Writing Papers About Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A professor's excellent explanation of how to write a professional sounding essay. Covers all aspects of an essay, and detailed examples give information on exactly how to write the essay.
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Website
Other

Clemson University: Literary Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Literary essay example by a student discussing two works by Annie Dillard and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. A good example of a strong literary essay.
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Kinder Art

Kinder Art: Flowers & Georgia O'keeffe (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will have the opportunity to create a drawing of a flower using Georgia O'Keeffe as their inspiration. They will develop skills in drawing and composition and understand the difference between realistic and abstract art.
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Frostburg State University

General Chemistry: Percent Compound in a Mixture

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource contains and example problem and solution of how to compute percent compound within a mixture when given the mixture's mass and element percents.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Composing Reflections

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Examine the result of reflecting a shape successively through two different lines.
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Other

Univ. De Valencia: Lord of the Flies Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site offers an essay written on The Lord of The Flies. A good example of a literary analysis essay including the use of embedded quotations. W.11-12.9a Amer Lit 18th,19th, 20th cen/Analy
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Other

Clara Schumann Biography and Quick Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
General information on Clara Wieck Shumann.
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University of California

Ucla: Popular American Music

For Students 9th - 10th
See images and find out about the original sheet music from the early 1900's. Famous songs such as "Dapper Dan", "Down the River", and more. You can search for music by title or author.