Tween Tribune | Sign Up Form Lesson Plans Smithsonian Resources Smithsonian Music Did you know that the Smithsonian’s combined musical resources constitute the world’s largest museum of music? Music is an integral part of the Smithsonian’s connective tissue, spanning a remarkable number and diversity of collections, programs and exhibitions. Visit this site, created for the 2019 Year of Music, to tap into the Smithsonian’s bounty of educational resources, music videos, collection spotlights and more. The Look of the Listen: The Cover Art of Folkways Records From 1948 to 1986, Folkways Records produced over 2,000 recordings of remarkable breadth and diversity. Musical Math-terpiece: The Art of Piet Mondrian In this lesson from the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, middle school students will learn about the life and art of Piet Mondrian, his style influenced by jazz music and his technique using spatial concepts. Monday Morning Ready
Magnetic stripes and isotopic clocks [This Dynamic Earth, USGS] Oceanographic exploration in the 1950s led to a much better understanding of the ocean floor. Among the new findings was the discovery of zebra stripe-like magnetic patterns for the rocks of the ocean floor. These patterns were unlike any seen for continental rocks. Obviously, the ocean floor had a story to tell, but what? In 1962, scientists of the U.S. An observed magnetic profile (blue) for the ocean floor across the East Pacific Rise is matched quite well by a calculated profile (red) based on the Earth's magnetic reversals for the past 4 million years and an assumed constant rate of movement of ocean floor away from a hypothetical spreading center (bottom). A team of U.S. Other commonly used isotopic clocks are based on radioactive decay of certain isotopes of the elements uranium, thorium, strontium, and rubidium. "Developing the theory"
Exhibitions · DPLA Omeka Share Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Exhibitions are designed to tell stories of national significance using source materials from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States, including letters, photographs, posters, oral histories, video clips, sheet music, and more. They were curated by a wide variety of curators and projects: the DPLA Curation team, DPLA Hubs staff, graduate students in library and information science and public history, and public librarians as part of the Public Library Partnerships Project. Please explore the credits for individual exhibitions to learn more about their curators. Contact us with feedback at education@dp.la.
Technology Encyclopedia Britannica STEM Home/IWitness:Video testimonies from Holocaust survivors and witnesses Strategies 4Teachers : Educator's Resources English Language Learning: ( Excellent Site to Learn English. This site contains a lot of free exercises and materials. NASA Earth Observatory : Home Music Physical Science Earth Science A WebQuest about WebQuests Introduction Since early in 1995, teachers everywhere have learned how to use the web well by adopting the WebQuest format to create inquiry-oriented lessons. But what exactly is a WebQuest? What does it feel like to do one? How do you know a good one when you see it? In the space of 90 minutes, you're going to grapple with these questions and more. The Task To develop great WebQuests, you need to develop a thorough understanding of the different possibilities open to you as you create web-based lessons. By the end of this lesson, you and your group will answer these questions: Which two of example WebQuests listed below are the best ones? The Process First, each participant will have a hard copy of the worksheet. Conclusion Ideally, this exercise will provide you with a larger pool of ideas to work with as you develop your WebQuest-making skills.