Curated OER
Literary Terms
Seriously, 93 slides of literary terms? Yes, and well worth the time, although perhaps not all at once. The beauty here is in the concise, easy-to-understand definitions for such well-known terms as imagery and personification, as well...
Curated OER
Making a Pinhole Camera
Young scholars are introduced to the basic straight line pattern of travel that light takes. A cereal box and wax paper provide the pinhole camera that captures the light's inverted image. Shifting this pattern provides additional...
Curated OER
What's the Connection Between Convection and Inversion?
Ninth graders observe a simulation demonstrating the difference between convection and inversion. They explain where and when convection and inversion layers occur and how each impacts air quality, and by connection, human health.
Curated OER
Introduction to Technologies in Music Education
Students identify and define a canon. Then, they create a canon in as many parts as they can and describe the various canons. Students also identify and interpret history of canons that includes their origins in Italy and France,...
Music Theory
Music theory.net: Chord Ear Trainer
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.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: Colonial Literature
This lesson is an introduction to a unit on Colonial Literature including Native American oral literature and New England Puritan narratives, journals, and sermons. It features an interactive list of terms for the period, a link to the...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Types of Body Movement
This site provides information regarding types of body movement. Movement types are generally paired, with one being the opposite of the other. Body movements are always described in relation to the anatomical position of the body:...
Other
Analysis of the C Major Invention (Bwv 772) by Bach
This site is an analysis of this well known Bach invention. Online sound clips enhance the diagrams and text. The site is also available in Spanish.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Syntax (English I Reading)
This lesson focuses on syntax; All writers and speakers choose their words and the way they arrange them to make their work more powerful. You will see this in a segment of President Kennedy's speech and then in poetry; poets in...
Purple Math
Purplemath: Matrix Inversion: Finding the Inverse of a Matrix
Inverse matrices are very useful for solving matrix equations. But, given a matrix, how do you invert it? How do you find the inverse? The technique for inverting matrices is kind of clever. For a given matrix A and its inverse A-1, we...
Other
Research Pages: Circle Inversion Fractals
This site introduces the iteration of circle inversions and describes the associated properties.
Other
Music Theory First Aid for Struggling Students
This site provides music theory information on such topics as rhythm, intervals, scales, chords, etc. Also, there is a fine section which describes the basic concepts of form and structure.
Other
Bob's Byway: Glossary of Poetic Terms
Calling itself "unique," Bob's is easy to use, with cross-links throughout, phonetic pronunciation guides when necessary, and many examples and quotations. Click on the letter and scroll for the word.
Music Theory
Music theory.net
An online beginning music theory and ear training site. This site is for students to use at home to reinforce what they learn in class.
Curated OER
Research Pages: Circle Inversion Fractals
This site introduces the iteration of circle inversions and describes the associated properties.
Curated OER
Research Pages: Circle Inversion Fractals
This site introduces the iteration of circle inversions and describes the associated properties.