Design Rhythmics Sonification Research Lab works with scientists and museums to turn information and data into music. Why music? Not only do we love music, but it just so happens that music is composed of a very rich palette of qualities upon which data may be mapped and thereby perceived by the brain through the auditory channel. Music stimulates cognition and memory, and offers those who are blind or visually handicapped the opportunity to understand information and gain knowledge in new ways. By working with scientists who are shedding new light on our world, and the museums and centers who are helping to disseminate it, we seek to create innovative, pleasurable and accessible audio information presentation solutions for the public to "get it" by hearing. Whether online or live, our work makes science accessible to more people through listening to the music of the spheres.
Created by computer scientist and composer/percussionist Marty Quinn, these sonifications demonstrate how data of all kinds can be translated into music for the purposes of expanding and enhancing our perception of the earth and our environment. Dr. Rita Colwell, former director of The National Science Foundation, cited this work in one of her speeches for being an innovative merging of art and science.
Last year , we toured "Walk on the Sun" (see pictures above) as part of new NASA sponsored program under the title "Light Runners". We showed the exhibit for a week at a time in 12 cities at science centers and run special programs for those who are blind and visually impaired at the science center or at centers for the blind. We are pleased to announce the exhibit may now be purchased from DRSRL. See the exhibits link or click here for details on Walk on the Sun.
The Light Runners program was based on a 2-year NASA Ideas grant to create a museum exhibit based on sonified, musically encoded representations of data and imagery from the STEREO Space Mission. New image sonification and visualization techniques for solar images and data has also led directly to new techniques to present works of art, increasing the accessible of art by making the content of paintings generate music based on the color data present in the pixels in a photograph of the art. We showcased and discussing these approaches at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference poster session on Sept 6th, 2007 in Chicago and the Soundscapes panel at the Art Education for the Blind 2007 Conference in NYC Sept 29, 2007 sponsored by Art Beyond Site and the MET. The grant included collaboration with the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium in Concord, NH and UC Berkeley's Space Science Lab. See ArtMusic to see and hear examples of art as music.
New! Photomusic, ImageSonification and STEREO Solar Image Music pages related to image sonification.
New! Rock Around the Bow Shock: Sonification of data from the Cluster satellites. Recently featured in the 2007 July edition of ASTC magazine.
Solar Songs, recently commissioned by the Space Science Center at UNH, presents 7 sonifications of solar wind ACE spacecraft data during April of 1998. Iron/Oxygen ratios, electron charge states and up to 6 variables are presented simultaneously.
The Seismic Sonata is a musical retelling of the 1994 Northridge California Earthquake. Commissioned by the IRIS Consortium for use in museum displays, this sonification presents the seismic signals as heard from Albuquerque, NM. Various types of waves (P and S) can be heard as they strike over a 15-minute period. Dramatic sonifications feature the concept of an audio zoom to hear both fine and gross details of the wave shapes.
The Climate Symphony describes the ice core research of the Greenland Ice Sheet Project II and explains how the mathematical analysis of the data was transformed into music in a process known as sonification. The music expresses 8 climatic elements over 110,000 years as a 7 1/2 minute symphony. It was recently featured at the National Science Foundation and the American Museum of Natural History and is available as an entertaining talk with live drumming demonstrations of sonification and 3D graphics.


ATTENTION PARENTS! - Read@Home - Literacy Support Information & Resources
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Greetings Parents and Guardians! Has your child been identified as having a substantial reading deficiency? Or do you just want to help support your student's literacy development at home? Please visit this link for a list and explanation of resources, many of which are electronic, that will help give you powerful, free tools and resources to help your child with the essential components of reading: Oral language, phonics, phonological awareness, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.
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Music technology teacher education provides students with the skills and knowledge needed to teach music technology in both traditional and digital settings. Students in these programs will learn to use software such as GarageBand, Logic Pro, and Ableton Live; create digital audio files, and integrate technology into instruction. Many graduates find employment as music tech teacher in schools, district offices, or as private consultants.
Technology: Students learn to use technology to create and produce music.
Technology has become an important tool for teaching and learning in the music classroom. With technology, students can create and produce music in many different ways. They can use computers to write songs, create beats, and mix music. They can also use iPads and other mobile devices to record their music or work with other musicians online. Using technology, students can experiment with sound and music in new and exciting ways.
Music: Students learn different types of music and how to play various instruments.
Music is among the most important aspects of our lives that it can affect our emotions and moods, and it can be used to communicate ideas and thoughts. Music education is essential for children, as it helps them develop musical skills and knowledge. In addition, music education teaches children about different cultures and how to play various instruments.
Skills: Students learn teamwork, communication, and critical thinking skills.
In recent years, research has shown that taking music lessons can have many benefits for students. In addition to developing musical skills, students also learn teamwork, communication, and critical thinking skills. A new study by the University of Missouri found that students who took music lessons scored higher on standardized math, reading, and science tests than those who did not take music lessons. The study also found that students who took music lessons were more likely to participate in extracurricular activities and to have better social relationships.
Fun: Students have a lot of fun in Music Tech Teacher school and learn a lot.
In Music Tech, students have a lot of fun. They learn how to use technology in music, and they also get to make their music. Music Tech is excellent for students to learn about music and technology. The Music Tech Teacher School is an online school that teaches students how to use technology in music. Music Tech Teacher programs are growing in popularity. They provide a unique and comprehensive approach to teaching music technology that is effective and fun.
Music Tech Teacher is excellent for students to learn about music and technology. Students have a lot of fun, and they also learn a lot. Music Tech Teacher school is a fantastic place to learn music and technology.


- Teaching & Learning
- Academic Departments
- Elementary Literacy PreK-5
- Andover’s Comprehensive Literacy Instructional Model
Andover’s Comprehensive Literacy Instructional Model
Phonemic Awareness: Phonemic awareness is the ability to notice, think about, and work with the individual sounds in spoken words. (National Institute for Literacy, 2009) Dr. Timothy Shanahan, renowned researcher and former advisor to the National Institute for Literacy explains, “The goal of phonemic awareness teaching is to get students to segment words and blend word parts with ease.”
Phonics: Phonics instruction teaches children the relationships between the letters (graphemes) of written language and the individual sounds (phonemes) of spoken language. It teaches children to use these relationships to read and write words. As skills develop, explicit instruction integrates meaningful word parts (morphology) and using your visual system to form, store and recall words (orthographic mapping). (National Institute for Literacy, 2009)
Fluency: Fluency is the ability to read a text accurately and smoothly. When fluent readers read, they recognize words automatically. They group words appropriately to help them gain meaning from what they read. Fluent readers read aloud effortlessly and with expression. Their reading sounds natural, as if they are speaking. (National Institute for Literacy, 2009)
Vocabulary: Vocabulary refers to the words we must know to communicate and comprehend effectively. In general, it can be described as oral vocabulary or reading vocabulary. Oral vocabulary refers to words that we use in speaking or recognize in listening. Reading vocabulary refers to words we recognize or use in print. (National Institute for Literacy, 2009)
Text Comprehension: Comprehension is the ability to read text, process it and make meaning from it. Dr. Nell Duke, a professor in the School of Education at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, advises, “a differentiated and layered approach to reading comprehension instruction.” Dr. Duke’s research is further illustrated in the graphic below:
Written Expression: Literacy standards for college and career readiness place a premium on text based writing, such as using evidence from texts to present careful analyses, well-defended claims, and clear information. In addition, expectations also require the development of narrative writing throughout the grades. In later grades a command of sequence and detail will be essential for effective argumentative and informational writing. (Achieve the Core, 2022)
Armbruster, B. B., Lehr, F., Osborn, J., & Adler, C. R. (2009). Put reading first: The research building blocks of reading instruction : kindergarten through grade 3 (3rd ed.). National Institute for Literacy.
College- and career-ready shifts in ELA / literacy. Achieve The Core. (n.d.). Retrieved November 22, 2022, from https://achievethecore.org/page/2727/college-and-career-ready-shifts-in-ela-literacy.
Duke, N.K., Ward, A.E., & Pearson, P.D. (2021). The Science of Reading Comprehension Instruction. Read Teach, 74(6), 663– 672. https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.1993
National Reading Panel (U.S.) & National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.). (2000). Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching children.
Shanahan,Timothy Edward. How to Provide Effective Reading Instruction (English). Tools for Improving Reading Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099620103312223967/P17425203c5a110520a5c3004086a91b687
Text Comprehension: Harris, T., & Hodges, R. (Eds.). (1995). The Literacy Dictionary (p. 207). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.


Early Childhood Learning Schedules for
COVID-19 School Closure
8am - 9am
Make your bed.
Make your bed. Thoroughly wash your hands and get ready to have your breakfast.
9am - 9.30am
Sit your child at a secure corner of your home that you have prepared as their Learning Corner
- Have building blocks, colorful play doughs ready. Let’s learn about colors, shapes and modelling.
Time to Play
Play fun games. Ideally play outside if safe. Get that heart pumping.
Ideally read a book/story to the students. Show them pictures and ask questions to get their attention. E.g. The Story Rainbow Fish
10:30am - 11:30am
Break. Have a snack
Draw a picture of anything related to the Story.
Draw a picture of the Rainbow Fish.
12pm - 1pm
Singing and Reciting
Play a nice song and have the children sing along and make actions.
Have the children learn to pronounce words better with a good recital from the Bible or another source.
Have fun games and storytelling.


Our youngest learners engage with literacy through fiction and non-fiction texts, poems, charts, story retells, and teacher read-alouds, allowing children to make connections to the real world while building early literacy skills such as print concepts, picture/text connections, and phonemic awareness. The Phonics Dance and Handwriting Without Tears curricula are multi-level programs that incorporate rhyme, movement, and chants, which help young children connect their visual knowledge of letters to their letter sounds while developing emerging literacy skills.
Math and Number Sense Skills
Preschool math center activities incorporate a hands-on approach, which affords students the opportunity to explore mathematical relationships and develop problem-solving and reasoning skills in the most natural way. Students build their numeracy skills through identification of numbers (1-10), verbal counting, sorting, ordering, assigning, building, patterning, and developing one-to-one correspondence.
For young children, science is all about life, experiences, explorations, and discoveries. Providing hands on investigation opportunities for preschoolers helps promote critical thinking skills and allows students the opportunity to learn more about their world. Preschool students learn about earth, life, and physical sciences through books, explorations, inquiries, and investigations.
Throughout the year, our preschool students learn to manage and take control of their bodies, becoming more aware of what their bodies can do. With encouragement and support, preschoolers develop and learn self-helps skills, becoming more independent with daily tasks. Daily gross- and fine-motor skills activities help strengthen and build muscles, muscle memory, stamina, body awareness, and control.


What we study
Izzi Science for Kids follows the Ministry of Education and Science’s requirements as well as the Cambridge Primary’s STREAM curriculum. In the ages 5 to 13 years old the students are exceptionally inquisitive about what happens in the world around us and why. Everything that has to do with nature, they find enticing, and the bigger, the louder and the more elusive it is, the more fascinated they are. It is of great importance to make use of this curiosity as an instrument in the study process and as a base that key competencies can be built upon.
Cambridge Primary’s STREAM Curriculum
Cambridge Primary combines a world-class curriculum for 5 to 13-year-old students with teacher support of great quality and integrated assessment. The curriculum is intended to facilitate the development of confident, responsible, thinking, innovative and engaged students. Cambridge Primary has curriculums in the following subjects: English (including English as a foreign language), mathematics and science, that invite the students to take action and to create.
We have chosen an appropriate STREAM curriculum to enrich the kids’ knowledge and improve their self-awareness.
In Izzi Science for Kids we are making an effort to build upon the obligatory curriculum by the Ministry of Education and Science by adding more classes in Bulgarian language and literature and mathematics. The school offers sufficient time to practice and deepen the knowledge in the topics covered. The goal is to build not only basic literacy but also functional literacy. Some of the time is particularly dedicated to studying and discussing additional books as well as solving problems that help the kids develop logical thinking.
We are making an effort to introduce new material in such a way that the students will actively look for new knowledge so that we can create and promote stable and lasting interdisciplinary connections. Creative writing and discussions with contemporary writers are key accents in the language development process. Applied mathematics and logical thinking are in the core of the mathematics curriculum.


Focus on the alphabetic principle to help your child become a better reader.
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Music Education is a gift we can give our children in as little as a few minutes of intentional time given here and there. These resources are a compilation of some of the resources from my curriculum, as well as some extras that can be added to schoolwork, a music class, or used when you're just trying to fill some extra time before dinner!
Bach Composer Study - Free Lesson
Are you looking to add more composer studies into your homeschool or classroom? This free lesson is the first lesson in my unit "Conversations With Composers" and it is all about the life and music of J.S Bach!
This lesson is a fun, interactive, hands-on way to introduce your children to marvelous composers who contributed great musical works to this world!
Fill out this form for your free lesson download!
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
This award-winning Classical Kids series introduces children -- and adults -- to the joys of classical music. A dramatic story, a little bit of history and the world's best-loved classical music set the scene for these fun-filled musical adventures.
Also available from Classical Kids: Mr. Bach Comes to Call, Mozart's Magic Fantasy, Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery, Daydreams and Lullabies, Tchaikovsky Discovers America, Hallelujah Handel, Mozart's Magnificent Voyage
Find them for borrow at your local library or for purchase here.
The Carnival Of The Animals for Kids by Camille Saint-Saens (23 min)
Download a FREE active listening activity to accompany “The Carnival of the Animals”!
Disney’s ‘Peter & The Wolf’ narrated by David Bowie
DoodleChaos - Line Rider (Beethoven’s 5th Symphony)
These videos of hand draw doodles synchronized to music are so fun to watch, and are a fantastic visual way to begin to understand music. The creator spent over 3 months drawing everything by hand just to create this synchronized line rider track to Beethoven's 5th!
DoodleChaos has a number fo fascinating line rider videos to check out!
Find it and others here: https://youtu.be/vcBn04IyELc
George Meets The Orchestra
Follow George as he chats with players of the Sydney Youth Orchestra and learns all about the four families of the orchestra – strings, brass, woodwind and percussion.
This video is a perfect introduction to classical music for kids aged 2-5.
Watch George here: https://youtu.be/M0Jc4sP0BEE
Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel with the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Did you know this beloved book by Virgina Lee Burton has been set to wonderful music performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra?!
Check out your local library for a copy of the book and CD to borrow or purchase it here.
Musical Landscape - Free Lesson
Music is such an important part of your child's education. This free sample lesson will ignite a curiosity and love for music in a unique and fresh way!
In it you'll find two different activities designed for children ages 4-8 and 8-12, as well as taking a closer look at 3 popular instruments; the piano, violin and the piano.
Join me while we watch inspiring performances by 'The Piano Guys', '40 Fingers', and 'Joshua Bell.' Your child will also get to meet George and the orchestra and experience all the different instrument families there are.
Plus, inside this lesson you will be given some musical book suggestions and of course, some beautiful listening suggestions as well!
Download it here:
Virtual 360 Orchestra Experience
This video is an orchestral virtual reality experience of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra from The Netherlands. It includes 6 different points of view for both your eyes and your ears, right in the middle of the orchestra, as if you're one of the musicians.
Each location has a uniquely recorded audioscape, making this a way of experiencing the well-known 5th of Beethoven something you never heard before.
You're going to watch to use headphones to really experience the sound!
This video is part of the the educational interactive-art installation "The Virtual Reality Orchestra Explorer" by The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
Experience it here: https://youtu.be/V_To4k9AJXc


ChatGPT, an AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, has many potential use cases in the world of music. With its advanced natural language processing capabilities and ability to generate human-like responses, ChatGPT has become a valuable tool for musicians and music enthusiasts looking to improve their music composition, analysis, and performance.
In this article, we’ll take a closer look at some of the most promising use cases for ChatGPT in music, exploring its potential applications, benefits, and challenges.
Use Cases of ChatGPT in Music
There are many potential use cases for ChatGPT in the world of music, including:
One of the most promising applications of ChatGPT in music is as a tool for music composition. By using the chatbot to analyze music structure and provide automated composition suggestions, musicians can improve the effectiveness and creativity of their compositions.
With its advanced natural language processing capabilities, ChatGPT is able to analyze musical patterns and provide accurate and helpful responses to musician inquiries, allowing musicians to create new and innovative music compositions.
ChatGPT can also be used for music analysis, helping musicians to better understand the structure and characteristics of a piece of music. By using the chatbot to provide automated music analysis, musicians can improve their understanding and appreciation of music and become better performers.
With its ability to analyze music data and provide tailored music analysis, ChatGPT can help musicians to improve their music knowledge and performance skills.
Another potential use case for ChatGPT in music is in the area of music education. By using the chatbot to provide automated music lessons and personalized feedback, musicians can improve their music skills and performance.
With its ability to analyze music education data and provide tailored music lessons and feedback, ChatGPT can help musicians to improve their music education and performance skills.
Benefits of Using ChatGPT in Music
There are many potential benefits to using ChatGPT in music, including:
Improved Music Composition and Analysis
By providing effective music composition suggestions and analysis, ChatGPT can help musicians to improve their creativity and understanding of music and enhance the overall impact of their compositions and performances.
By automating the music composition and analysis processes, musicians can save time and resources, while still maintaining the quality and effectiveness of their music creations and performances. This has the potential to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the music creation and performance process.
By analyzing the music patterns and providing tailored support and recommendations, ChatGPT can help musicians to improve the effectiveness of their music compositions and performances and better understand the structure and characteristics of a piece of music.
Challenges of Using ChatGPT in Music
While there are many potential benefits to using ChatGPT in music, there are also some challenges and limitations to consider, including:
As with any AI-powered tool, there are concerns about the ethical implications of using ChatGPT in music. These concerns include issues related to bias, transparency, and accountability. It is important for musicians to be aware of these concerns and to take steps to mitigate any potential ethical issues.
While ChatGPT is an advanced AI tool, it is not a substitute for human expertise and creativity in music composition and performance. There may be certain nuances and complexities of music that require the expertise of a human musician, rather than an automated tool.
ChatGPT has many potential use cases in the world of music, including music composition, analysis, and education. By automating the music creation and performance process, providing personalized support and recommendations, and analyzing music data, ChatGPT can help musicians to improve their music composition and performance skills.
However, there are also some challenges and limitations to consider, including ethical
concerns and limited capabilities. As the field of conversational AI continues to evolve, it will be important for musicians to stay up-to-date on the latest developments and best practices in order to make the most of these powerful tools.
It is important to note that ChatGPT should not be viewed as a substitute for human expertise and creativity in music. While the chatbot can help automate certain aspects of the music composition and performance process and provide personalized support, human musicians should still be responsible for the final music creations and performances.
In summary, ChatGPT is a valuable tool for musicians that has the potential to improve the effectiveness and creativity of music composition and performance. While there are some challenges and limitations to consider, with the right approach and understanding of its capabilities and limitations, ChatGPT can be an invaluable tool for those looking to improve their music knowledge and performance skills, and create innovative and impactful music compositions and performances.


Ever wonder about the power of music and what it can bring to your life? Kathryn Brickell Music works hard to educate its students not only with each instrument, but through the importance of music and its meaning in our lives.
Here are some cool facts about music that you may not have known:
1) Children who study music tend to have a larger word bank and are more advanced in reading skills than their peers who do not opt for music lessons.
2) Children with learning disabilities or dyslexia can greatly benefit from music lessons.
3) Children who study a musical instrument are more likely to excel in studies and extra- curricular activities.
4) Schools providing music programs have an estimated 90.2% graduation rate and 93.9% attendance rate compared to schools without music education, which average 72.9% graduation and 84.9% attendance.
5) A Stanford study shows that music engages areas of the brain which are involved with paying attention, making predictions and updating events in our memory.
6) Young children who take music lessons show different brain development and improved memory when compared to children who do not.
7) Listening to your favorite music while working out measurably improves physical performance. This goes for studies too, as more college students prefer studying while listening to their favorite song.
8) No one from The Beatles could read music.
9) Your heartbeat changes with the rhythms of the music you are listening too.
10)Â A study conducted showed that flowers can grow faster by listening to music. Wonder why the Gardeners haven’t still made use of this!
11) The type of music you listen to affects the way you perceive the world.
12) The world’s longest concert can is so slow that it will last 639 years. You won’t even be alive by then.
13) Loud music makes a person drink more in less time.
14) Rebel XD spat an amazing 852 syllables in 42 seconds in 2007 to beat his own Guinness World Record for Fastest Rapper. He went at a pace of about 20.3 syllables per second.
15) Music triggers activity in the same brain structure that releases the “pleasure chemical” dopamine.
16) According to a study, babies remain twice as calm while listening to music than to a speech.
17) Like humans, birds can learn and listen to music while they are still in the egg stage.
18) Mozart was five years old when he wrote his first music composition.
19) Termites will eat wood two times faster when listening to heavy metal.
20) Music is like a drug the more you listen to it the more you get addicted to it.


Study Says Early Reading Intervention Might Harm Students’ Growth In The Long Run
A new study says the most widespread reading intervention program used in the U.S. might have negative effects on literacy in the long run.
Literacy rates among the nation’s youth have long been dropping, but the COVID-19 pandemic escalated the issue. Studies have shown that on average, about 33% of kindergarten through second-grade children are missing reading benchmarks compared to the 21% that weren’t in 2019. For decades, the U.S. has conducted early reading intervention tactics to combat this loss, but a new study suggests that it not only might not be effective, but also that it might actually harm students’ growth in the long run.
Last week, EdWeek reported that the American Educational Research Association presented the findings at their annual meeting. The news is detrimental to many leaders in education, as officials in every state scramble to devise tactics for reading intervention. The study depicted how the popular intervention measure, Reading Recovery, may actually hurt students’ growth in literacy over time.
The study was conducted by the Center for Research in Education and Social Policy. The researchers tracked reading intervention progress in 150 to 500 Reading Recovery schools each year from 2011to 2015, then again from 2016 to 2017. Each of the studied schools included at least seven students that initially scored just below the cutoff level to participate in the program.
Similarly, the study followed some students that performed just above the cutoff level to act as a control group. For those students who didn’t qualify for Reading Recovery, the issues waned over time despite no reading intervention. On the contrary, the students who participated in the Reading Recovery program displayed literacy levels nearly half a grade below the scores of the control group.
These findings are a big surprise to many educators who have been using the Reading Recovery program for years. The reading intervention program was developed in the 1970s. It was widely accepted following a vastly randomized control study that found the literacy program aided students struggling with reading comprehension in the first grade. Even last decade, the Reading Recovery program was being studied with counterintuitive findings. In 2010, more than 8,000 low-performing students were randomly assigned to participate in the program.
The study concluded that children who participated in the early reading intervention program improved their efficiency by more than 130% percent of the average reading growth for 1st graders nationwide. The caveat, however, was that this progress was measured only five months after entering the program. To this, many experts believe the program failed to weigh in on the long-lasting effects.
Sean Reardon, a Stanford University researcher told EdWeek that it is vital to conduct long-term implications in studies. He said they can often differ from what short-term studies conclude. Reardon, also a member of a peer review committee following reading intervention recovery said that “the big takeaway” from this new study is that Reading Recovery’s long-term corollaries were “meaningfully large.”
Despite the reading intervention findings, the study failed to explain why the effects of Reading Recovery dramatically reduce over time. It might be because the method has a focal point on individual errors. Moreover, Reading Recovery might leave gaps in explicit instruction for foundational skills. However you look at the situation, there is no denying that there is a reading crisis in America, and that situation is likely to get worse as the pandemic continues to ravage education in the U.S.


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HOW DOES LOCAL COMMUNITIES STUDENTS RESPOND TO AN ART AND SCIENCE INTEGRATION WORKSHOP/PROJECT? AND HOW ART EDUCATION CAN FACILITATE TEACHERS TO CONDUCT THEIR RESPECTIVE CLASSES EFFECTIVELY?
Farooque Ali Chandio
This study, How does local communities students respond to an art and Science Integration workshop/project? And How art education can facilitate teachers to conduct their respective classes effectively? Explore the relationship between teaching and learning. It aims to address the challenges that art educator’s faced in the classroom environment of Pakistan, where learning art was not as important as other disciplines.
Through this researched I had explored' art integration' as a new method of teaching and learning. This studied had been conducted under the action researched method with grade 7 th at the Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) public higher secondary school Gwadar Balochistan. Art integrated lesson plans were developed and implemented keeping in mind the learning objectives of each integrating subject. Data was collected through observation, video and photography documentation, feedback forms, Teacher interview and assessment rubrics. Then I analyze these frameworks through the theoretical framework I found in the existing literature on art integration and through the 4C’s lens of critical thinking, creativity, collaboration and communication.
Through the results of the studied, this researched aims to explore importance of art integration because art integration enhances skills of others subjects, especially teaching approaches of teachers and students’ talents and creativity. Besides, others subjects’ teachers were supposed to faced so many challenges; for its better improvement and enlightenment, application of art integration could necessarily became the most important factor and instrument so that the students and teachers should be well-furnished and well creative.


Owls are given a lot of importance in Indian culture because it is the vehicle of Maa Lakshmi. The owl is not considered a fool in any scripture. The Linga Purana states that Naradamuni had preached to receive music education from Mansarovarvasi Uluk( Owl).
In the Valmiki Ramayana, an owl is explained to be clever in place of a fool. When Lord Shri Ram was not succeeding in killing Ravana, at that time, Ravana’s brother Vibhishan comes to Ram. Then Sugriv warns Lord Rama to stay away from the enemy’s uluk-cleverness. ( Owl’s cleverness)
Relation Between Lakshmi and Owl
Owl has been represented as Vehicle of Wealth’s Goddess Lakshmi.
How Owl became Lakshmi Vehicle
According to Indian Vedic Astrology, Once all the gods and goddesses were assigning their vehicles. When Goddess Laxmi’s turn came, she started thinking about which animal she should choose as her vehicle. While Lakshmi was thinking about choosing her vehicle, all animals and birds started fighting among themselves to become the vehicle of Goddess Lakshmi. Then Lakshmi silenced them and told them every year on the day of Kartik Amavasya, I come to visit the earth. So, That day I will make one of you my vehicle.
On the day of Kartik Amavasya, all animals and birds waited for Lakshmi for the whole day. But Goddess Lakshmi came At night. That time only Owl saw Goddess Lakshmi with his sharp eyes in the darkness and reached near her at a rapid speed and started praying to her that you should accept me as your vehicle.
Goddess Laxmi looked around and did not see any animal or bird there, so she gladly accepted owl as her vehicle.
Some popular beliefs about owl
– In the morning, seeing the owl sitting on the tree in the east direction or listening to his voice brings money. The person unexpectedly becomes wealthy.
– If the owl sits on the bunk at night, someone is going to get married soon in that family.
– If a pregnant woman sees the owl while going for delivery, she will give birth to twin children.
– If the owl passes by touching a serious patient while flying, it means that the patient will be cured very shortly.
– According to prognostication, if an owl sits on the roof of any house and speaks, then there will die someone in that house.
– It is believed that If an owl reaches in one’s kitchen, then the homeowner will never be short of food.
– Seeing an owl crying, is understood to be losing money of that person.
– In many places in India, it is also told that if owls are constantly crying for three days then there will be a robbery or theft near that place.
– For many people, it is extremely good to hear the sound the owl left or right side. According to them, it is good if an owl speaks on the left side. But speaking in the right is an ominous sign.
Owls are worshiped in Haridwar
It is told that the night of Deepawali is a bad night for owls. According to myths, an owl is either considered to be inauspicious, so some people sacrifice(kill) owl on the day of the Deepawali.
Apart from this, but the Owl is worshiped in Haridwar.
Gangasabha President Ram Kumar Mishra explained that Goddess Lakshmi will never please with the devotees if they do not worship the owl.
He added that owls are worshipped for the achievement of wealth and owl is not unfortunate for anyone. Mishra told that the ritual of owl’s worship by the descendants of the Gautam tribe in Haridwar for a long time back. He also said that the people of the Gautam tribe consider seeing owls as auspicious.
Gangsabha speaker said that it is not recommended to worship the owl hostage. One should worship an owl if he meets randomly or you can worship the owl’s wood made symbol.
After having a detailed discussion on the importance of owl in Vedic mythology, I just want to say that the good and bad effects of an owl on people differ accordingly. Some think an Owl good and some relate it from misfortune. But, according to me, all these beliefs are not enough logical to be believed in this of technology. So now the ball is your coat. You can choose which side will you choose or you are neutral.


Benefits Of STEAM Education
In recent years, there’s been an increased emphasis on STEM education (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), for students of all ages. Partially this is because of society’s increasing dependency on technology and partially because girls and minority students were being left behind in these core subjects.
Somewhere in the race to adopt STEM into classes and schools, however, something got left behind. That’s why STEAM education is gaining ground – in elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools across the country.
In STEAM, the “A” stands for arts, and teachers and administrators everywhere are starting to embrace the notion that education based on “left-brain” thinking and “right-brain” thinking creates more engaged, more well-rounded students.
STEM education is based on subjects that, for the most part, are unbending and fact-based. Whereas art education encourages creativity, taking risks, learning at your own pace, and self-expression. The interdisciplinary approach – STEAM – can be incredibly powerful. Thanks to STEAM, students can perceive themselves as “scientist-artists” and not have to choose between one or the other. And they can learn to value the arts, even if their primary interests are STEM-related.
Other benefits of STEAM education include:
- a more stimulating, less rigid approach to learning (and life)
- 3-dimensional learning
- hands-on and experiential learning
- incorporation of context into learning
- a goal-oriented and process-oriented method of learning
- encouragement of creativity
- a richer learning experience for students, no matter where they fall on the “scientist” or “artist” spectrum
Online Professional Development Course On STEAM Education
If you’d like to learn more about STEAM education, we offer an online professional development course for teachers on STEAM. In this 3-credit online course, you’ll learn how to combine arts and STEM. The online course (which is approved for LAUSD salary points and is available for graduate level credit) covers a variety of topics, including an overview of STEAM and how to include the arts in everyday activities.
Click here to learn more about our 100% online STEAM education course for teachers.


This project is here to improve maths skills. All adults and businesses across the UK can benefit from Multiply.
The government’s new £560 million programme to help transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of adults across the UK is coming in Spring 2022 and will be delivered through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Numeracy is the ability to understand and use maths in daily life, home, and work. Whether that be improving household finances, helping children with homework, making more sense of the stats and facts in the media, or improving numeracy skills specific to your line of work.
People who improve their numeracy skills are more likely to be in employment, have higher wages, and better wellbeing, and will be more able to progress to higher levels of free training to secure a skilled job in our economy.
Businesses who develop their employees’ numeracy skills can boost productivity, increase profits, and improve employee retention.
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Suggestions for first session
We’ve been working on a typical first session for our 4 hour engagement activity. Here are so me sample materials:
Interest is a topic that often confuses people. In this video we look at how to work out both simple and compound forms of interest.
Fractions, decimals and percentages
In this video we look at the relationship between fractions, decimal numbers and percentages. Video – 3:30 minutes
In this video we look at the importance of understanding measurements. Knowing the difference between millimetres and millilitres can help you save money and get
VIDEO : 3 minute digital animation Number estimation is a core maths skill. This technique is incredibly important for checking your work and is invaluable
VIDEO : 3 minute digital animation – requires audio How and when to use visual estimation. Visual estimation is all about making judgements and calculations
Multiply decimals and whole numbers
These slides will help you to multiply whole numbers with decimals without a calculator, by following a few simple steps Interactive unit
Simple multiplication and division
These slides will give you some help to multiply and divide by 0, 1, 2, 5 & 10. Interactive unit
Read and compare fractions
These slides will help you to read and write and compare fractions. Through this unit we will look at how you can compare the relative
In this unit we will put decimal amounts in order of size and compare decimal amounts to percentages and fractions Interactive unit with quiz
Adding and subtracting strategy
In this unit we will look at strategies for working out larger calculations in addition and subtraction. This is typically known as column working. Interactive
What is a fraction? When an object is divided into a number of equal parts, each part is called a fraction. Let’s take a look…
Number and counting
This unit works through a series of activities to help you understand the basics of place value and counting. The unit includes the basics of
This is a short interactive quiz module designed to run through some real world calculations of numbers and quantities. Tasks also include reading from charts
This is a short module that covers how to work out discounts through decimal conversions. Introduction and quiz module 10 minutes Handout and worksheet
Multiply Programme is funded and managed by the West of England Combined authority led by Metro Mayor Dan Norris and delivered by Bristol City Council.


Department of Arts and Crafts
Creating hand-made works and pursuing the realm of Arts and Crafts expressed by these works
Students learn about the application of prints, photo and digital technologies, in addition to the basics of Western- and Japanese-style paintings. On the basis of painting skills, students improve their power of expression and find out their own characteristics. The course nurtures artists who can work as painters and illustrators recognized in society.
Sculpture & Character Figures Course
This course is for learning how to use various materials to express images in three dimensions, to pursue unique expressions by using figurine making and carving techniques. It develops artists who can be self-reliant in society as creators in the field of 3D modeling.
Art Education Course
This course trains students as future educators. While communicating with local communities and people through art workshops and other opportunities, students develop a rich mindset and sensitivity toward learners of art. The course pursues creative learning to link art, education and society.
Glass & Ceramics Course
This course provides students with traditional glass and ceramics techniques, as well as advanced techniques commonly used for glass and ceramics manufacturing by plaster mold casting. The course trains artists who can create unique works, and use them, by making full use of the characteristics of materials.
Jewelry & Metalworking Course
After learning the basic techniques required for jewelry making and metalworking, students master sophisticated techniques to create cloisonné ware and the like. This course nurtures individuals who can play active roles in society, with their great sensitivity and ability to produce figurative arts.
|First-year students||Introduction to Arts & Crafts
Sketching, Rough Sketch, Image
Basic Practice of Sculpture
Appreciation of Art Works
Art Studio Training A
Craft Studio Training A
|Second-year students||Introduction to Craft and its History
Japanese Nihonga Painting Techniques
Art Studio Training B
Craft Studio Training B
Theory of Art and Craft Education
Figure Making Expression
Jewels and Ornaments
Figure Making and Sculpture A
Art Education Practice A
Glass and Ceramics A
Jewelry and Metalwork A
Stained Glass Practice
Glaze Technique Practice
Figure Making and Sculpture B・C
Art Education Practice B・C
Glass and Ceramics B・C
Jewelry and Metalwork B・C
Media Techniques for Art
|Fourth-year students||Advanced Arts/Advanced Crafts


Experience Storytelling With Joy, and Without Targets
If you weren’t focusing on teaching certain words and phrases, what would you focus on? Have you struggled with storytelling? Could it be smoother without the pre-selected targets? Would your students learn enough? Why even consider it?
Ben Slavic and Tina Hargaden ventured out from the TPRS story-creation process that served them well for many years to explore the possibilities of non-targeted input. Discover with them how letting go of pre-selected targets allows the teacher to focus on the words students want to know and the compelling characters they create. As a result, the kids acquire the language happily, and engagement skyrockets for students and teacher.
Of course, you can’t just speak and hope that kids understand, and you can’t jump into creating stories without laying some groundwork.
A Natural Approach to Stories helps you:
- Set the stage for stories with The Classroom Rules, Student Jobs, Story Listening, and One-Word Images.
- Create powerful stories using Student-Created Invisible Characters and the Seven-Level Questioning Sequence.
- Get the most mileage from your class-created stories with a variety of reading options.
- Assess to fulfill your school’s directives, in ways that are compatible with a comprehension-based approach.
You may recognize some ingredients of this approach. They include the solid foundational skills of TPRS, but this is a new recipe for storytelling: with joy, with ease, and without targets. Every teacher’s classroom is a different environment, usually one that comes with a heavy load of requirements. If you can set aside those rules and regulations for a little while and try non-targeted storytelling, tremendous gains in community building, student enthusiasm, and painless language acquisition await you.
©2017. English. 354 pages.
Book Download: PDF. Adobe® Reader® required to view PDF.
Print Book: Softcover. 6 x 9 inches.
About the Authors
Ben Slavic is a nationally recognized TPRS expert. His simple message is that people learn languages with joy first and analysis second, and not the other way around.
Tina Hargaden is a MS French and Spanish teacher, teacher trainer, and writer on a mission to simplify CI instruction to the basics: delivering interesting comprehensible messages aloud and in writing.


School of Music
Master of Arts in Music Education (MA)
Jerry L. Newman
Phrasing Improvisation Cadenza Instrumental Curriculum Education
Education | Music
Bianchine, Jeffrey J. Jr., "Improvisation and Interpretation for High School Instrumental Students" (2021). Masters Theses. 826.
Improvisation is associated with jazz or rap in modern western culture, but classical music has a long tradition of improvisation featuring famous improvises such as Mozart and Liszt. Improvisation develops critical thinking and problem solving, essential skills in the American job market. The typical instrumental student does not often get the opportunity to use this. Bloom’s Taxonomy explains that students who do critical thinking activities in class have a better understanding of the course material. This course will equip students to improvise with others, make executive decisions about artistic elements in the repertoire, self-cretic playing, and compose a short cadenza.


NZ Junior Journal 64 Activities and Lesson Plans – All About Trees
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Check out our set of reading response activities for the New Zealand Junior Journal 64 – All About Trees. Our NZ Junior Journal 64 Activities and Lesson Plans pack has everything you need to dive into the story and articles within this publication. Both a paper-based and digital option are included so you can use this in the way that suits you best – great for distance learning.
The NZ Junior Journal 64 texts that we have featured are:
What is a Tree? (article)
Tree Facts (article)
Trees and Us (article)
The Sticky, Sticky Pine (story)
What you get:
1. 4 x Lesson plans
A lesson plan is provided for each story/article covered in this resource:
2. 4 x Follow-Up Activity Sheets
A one-page activity sheet is provided for each story or article covered in this resource.
Each activity sheet contains a range of reading comprehension strategies including:
Use prior knowledge
These one-page activity sheets also include links to further activities and ideas. The links help students to explore the topic of the story or article further. QR codes and web links are provided so students can explore multiple perspectives. They can visit websites, listen to audio clips, and watch video clips.
Each activity sheet also features a design/create challenge. This encourages students to use higher-order thinking to synthesise their knowledge and create something new.
3. Paper-based and digital activities are provided
This activity is provided in both paper-based and digital form (Google Slides).
4. Answers are included
A Note About Junior Journal 64 – All About Trees (from TSM JJ64)
The texts in this journal are linked by the topic of trees, providing opportunities for ākonga to think about trees from scientific, cultural, environmental, and artistic perspectives.
Having several texts exploring the same topic stimulates curiosity and enables ākonga to build their knowledge over time.
Background knowledge, including vocabulary knowledge, contributes to success in reading.
In turn, reading success builds knowledge, comprehension, and motivation and strengthens reading behaviours that will support further reading.


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To assist teachers with understanding their students’ aReading scores, the attached interpretation guide organizes score information by score ranges, skill categories, and skill descriptions with accompanying instructional recommendations. Starting in the 2018-2019 school year the aReading reports will provide skills information based on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). In the online reports and in this guide, all score ranges include skill information for one or more of the following categories:
- Foundational Skills: Includes skills related to mastery of the concepts of print, alphabetic principles, and other basic conventions of the English writing system.
- Informational Reading: Includes skills related to understanding and responding to content area texts (i.e., non-fiction).
- Language: Includes skills related to listening and speaking in English.
- Reading Literature: Includes skills related to understanding and responding to literary texts (i.e., fiction).
Understanding aReading Scores: Individual Skills Report
The FastBridge Report that provides the most detail about which specific skills a student needs to improve is the Individual Skills Report. For aReading, this report displays a student's skills to indicate three levels of learning:
- Mastered: Skills that the student knows well and can use independently.
- Developing: Skills that the student needs to work on now.
- Future: Skills to learn once the developing skills are mastered.
FastBridge recommends that teachers focus on teaching and supporting students to master the Developing Skills for each of the CCSS categories.
aReading Score Interpretation Guide
The attached Score Guide lists the aReading scores according to bands of 50 points, starting at 350 and ending at 750. Each score band lists the skill categories included, descriptions of the skills, and instructional recommendations to teach each skill.


Learn Data Science
The course "Learn Data Science" provides an introduction to the fundamentals of data science, including statistical analysis, data visualization, and machine learning. The course is designed to provide students with the tools they need to develop the skills necessary to work with large data sets and to make informed decisions based on data-driven insights.
Data Science is a rapidly growing field that combines statistical analysis, machine learning, and programming to extract insights and knowledge from data. It is an interdisciplinary field that uses scientific methods, processes, algorithms, and systems to derive knowledge and insights from structured and unstructured data. The ability to interpret and analyze data has become essential in today's fast-paced and data-driven world. Therefore, learning data science has become an essential skill for professionals across a variety of industries.
The course covers a broad range of topics, including data exploration, data cleaning, data visualization, data analysis, and machine learning algorithms. It is taught using a combination of lectures, hands-on exercises, and projects to provide a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter.
The course begins with an introduction to data science and its applications in the real world. It then covers the basics of data exploration, which involves identifying patterns, trends, and relationships within data. Students learn how to clean and preprocess data, including handling missing data and outliers.
Next, the course covers data visualization techniques that enable students to present data in a way that is easy to understand and analyze. This includes using various charts, graphs, and other visualizations to present data in a meaningful way.
The course also provides an introduction to statistical analysis, including descriptive and inferential statistics. Students learn how to use statistical tests to identify significant differences in data and to make data-driven decisions.
In addition to these foundational skills, the course also covers machine learning algorithms, including supervised and unsupervised learning. Students learn how to build and train machine learning models to predict future outcomes and to identify patterns within data.
Overall, the "Learn Data Science" course provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of data science. It equips students with the skills they need to work with data, to make informed decisions based on data-driven insights, and to develop machine learning models to solve real-world problems.


How can the teaching of biology contribute to sustainability education? The authors of this article suggest that their approach has the potential to increase the students’ level of engagement with the natural environment. The scope of biology teaching can be widened by allowing room for more experience and art-based activities. Such a change may deepen and expand the learners’ insights in natural phenomena, which in turn might foster or enhance an attitude of care-taking for the natural environment.
Jolly, Linda; van Boeckel, Jan; and Slåttli, Solveig
"Biology, Art and Sustainability,"
Artizein: Arts and Teaching Journal: Vol. 2:
2, Article 7.
Available at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/atj/vol2/iss2/7
Art Education Commons, Art Practice Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Environmental Education Commons, Sustainability Commons


How to Turn Africa into an Edtech Hotspot
Across the world, millions of children are out of school. Since 2000, millions of African children have benefited from better access to education, but Africa still has 30 million children out of school. And for those in school, learning is limited because teaching can be poor and resources limited.
In some African countries, parents spend half of what they earn on education and half of that on textbooks, if they can find any.
It is clear that Africa is in great need of an education turnaround. Fortunately, there is a lively Edtech scene across the continent, from Nigeria and Kenya through Uganda and Tanzania to Zimbabwe and South Africa, Edtech is transforming education on the continent and creating more solid futures for its vast population.
Africa is leveraging mobile technology to meet its educational needs. A number of Ed tech companies is using mobile technologies to distribute learning materials, promote reading, and support peer-to-peer learning.
The AppsAfrica.com Awards
The Best in African mobile and tech solutions are recognized by the AppsAfrica.com Awards. The 2018 round attracted entries from 39 countries across the continent and 14 award winners were recognized as the best in African mobile.
First in the Edtech category was Ever Africa for Xander Educational Apps from South Africa.
Xander is an educational mobile application for young children aimed at promoting mother-tongue learning. Children learn basic literacy and numeracy skills by engaging with technology. The apps comply with school curriculum requirements and prepare children for school in their own language.
Another entrant was Kytabu, a textbook subscription app developed in Kenya. The app provides access to digitalized versions of all Kenyan textbooks from Standard 1 to Form 4 at rates that are affordable for African families. Kytabu uses machine learning to help provide personalized learning for learners.
The learners can access educational content that includes books, videos, audios, tests, as well as exams. A great advantage of the app is that it can be used offline. This is a crucial issue in Africa where internet access is limited and often unreliable.
The educational app, BeBlocky, boldly proclaims that it’s not just an app, it’s a child’s future.
BeBlocky provides learners with a gamified way to learn the basics of computer science.
The app uses augmented reality technology to bring the friendly robot, BlockyBot, into the real world.
BeBlocky is designed to be programmable by kids. BeBlocky presents code concepts in puzzle-like blocks designed to look attractive to children. It teaches children critical thinking, problem-solving, persistence, and tech skills.
Brainshare is an EdTech startup based in Uganda. The Startup has developed a web app that creates an online learning platform where teachers and students in Uganda can interact.
The eLearning platform allows teachers to upload notes, teaching materials, and assignments. For students, it’s easy to access content anytime wherever they are, with or without the internet.
M-Shule, based in Nairobi, is an award-winning eLearning platform. It was the runner up at the 2017 Global Edtech Startup Awards in London.
The M-Shule platform makes use of artificial intelligence and SMS to deliver personalized education to primary school students across Africa.
M-Shule also works without an internet connection, an outstanding plus point for an Edtech startup in Africa where only 10% of schools have internet access.
These companies and many others are finding innovative ways to bring education to millions of people in Africa.
Creating online learning platforms that can work without an internet connection, is one of the innovative ways that Edtech startups are using to transform education across the continent, turning it into an Edtech hotspot.
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Dyscalculia, also known as “number blindness,” is a learning condition that affects a person’s ability to understand math and number concepts. Check out our section on books about dyscalculia in PDF format.
People with dyscalculia may have limited memory for recalling numbers at work and cannot even perform simple single-digit addition. In some cases, dyscalculia is accompanied by other language-processing disorders that can complicate mathematical understanding.
To solve more advanced mathematical problems successfully, individuals must follow a series of procedures based on well-established theories. People with dyscalculia may have difficulty visualizing patterns, identifying important facts, or understanding the different parts of a problem, which impedes problem-solving.
There is an insufficient scientific basis to demonstrate that dyscalculia is linked to general intelligence, even though it represents a difficulty for children to perform outstandingly well in school.
Dyscalculia is a kind of numerical dyslexia. In fact, there are many similarities between the two terms, such as the number of people affected by both disorders. To learn more about the concept of dyscalculia, visit our section with more than 20 books about dyscalculia in PDF format.
Here we present our complete selection of Books about Dyscalculia:
5) Screening for Characteristics of Dyscalculia: Identifying Unconventional Fraction Understandings
Katherine E. Lewis, Grace M. Thompson, Sarah A. Tov
6) Guidance on identifying dyscalculia and supporting children and young people (CYP) who have persistent difficulties in acquiring numeracy skills.
Hertfordshire County Council
7) Strategies for Teaching Mathematics to Students with Dyslexia and Dyscalculia (Presentation)
Honi J. Bamberger
10) Dyscalculia: Its Types, Symptoms, Causal Factors, and Remedial Programmes
12) Dyscalculia: What We Must Know about Students Learning Disability in Mathematics?
Muhammad Sofwan Mahmud, Mohd Syazwan Zainal
15) Characteristics of Dyscalculia in Mathematics Learning
Yoong Soo May & Noor Aini Ahmad
16) Dyscalculia – Implications for learning and possible strategies to support learners
Edge Hill University
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Ballet is a classical form of dance that provides the foundational skills for all other styles. Emphasis is placed on body alignment, arm position, turnout, flexibility, fluidity, precision, and strength. Ballet is offered in four levels; class placement is determined by skill level and students often repeat levels until they have achieved mastery. Combined levels (ex. Ballet 1/2) indicate that students approved for Ballet at either level (Ballet 1 or Ballet 2) are able to register for this class.
Dancers will learn the five positions, beginner barre work, basic turns, jumps, and traveling exercises. Emphasis is placed on body alignment, proper arm placement, and introductory terminology. (No prerequisite. Ages 6 and older may register. Typical age range is 6-8 years.)
Dancers will use the five positions at the barre to execute more intricate combinations. In the center, they will strive to master more complex turns, petite/ grande allegro, and traveling exercises. Emphasis is placed on fluidity of movement, proper arm and head placement, musicality, and more advanced terminology. (Class placement determined by skill level. Typical age range is 8-11 years.)
Dancers will learn intermediate barre work with an emphasis on alignment and strengthening of the core muscles. There is an increased demand on clean foot work along with head and arm coordination. Center floor consists of adagio, multiple turn combinations, petite/grande allegro, and challenging traveling combinations. (Class placement determined by skill level. Typical age range is 11-14 years.)
Dancers will learn advanced barre work. Core strength, extension, flexibility and head/arm coordination are emphasized. Center floor work consists of intricate combinations to continue to advance the student’s technique. Dancers strive to execute the combinations at a performance level. (Class placement determined by skill level. Typical age range is 14-18 years.)
Dancer has mastered the preceding TDC ballet level or has permission from the instructor. There is no prerequisite for Ballet 1. Students must be age 6 or older.
Multiple Levels - See Class Description
Girls: Black leotard with pink footed or convertible dance tights. No skirts or tutus allowed. Boys: White T-Shirt and black dance/athletic pants.
Hair must be in a bun.
Girls: Pink leather ballet slippers. Boys: Black leather ballet slippers.
Offerings in Ballet, Jazz/Hip Hop, Modern, Tap, and Senior Tap.
Seasonal offerings for dancers at all levels in multiple styles.
An audition only team that competes at regional and national dance competitions.
The West Windsor Plainsboro Dance Company provides opportunities for seasonal performances beyond a traditional recital.


Physics activities can be absolutely hands-on and engaging for kids. Learn what the surface tension of water is with our simple definition below. Plus, check out these fun surface tension experiments to try at home or in the classroom. As always, you’ll find fantastic and easy to do science experiments at the tip of your fingers.
EXPLORE SURFACE TENSION FOR KIDS
What is surface tension of water?
Surface tension exists on the surface of water because water molecules like to stick to each other. This force is so strong that it can help things sit on top of the water instead of sinking into it. Like our pepper and soap experiment below.
It is the high surface tension of water that allows a paper clip, with much higher density, to float on water. It also causes drops of rain to stick to your windows, and is why bubbles are round. Surface tension of water also helps propels water-striding insects on the surface of ponds.
Also learn about capillary action!
Scientist, Agnes Pockels discovered the science of surface tension of fluids simply doing the dishes in her own kitchen.
Despite her lack of formal training, Pockels was able to measure the surface tension of water by designing an apparatus known as the Pockels trough. This was a key instrument in the new discipline of surface science.
In 1891, Pockels published her first paper, “Surface Tension,” on her measurements in the journal Nature.
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What is the scientific method?
The scientific method is a process or method of research. A problem is identified, information about the problem is gathered, a hypothesis or question is formulated from the information, and the hypothesis is put to test with an experiment to prove or disprove its validity. Sounds heavy…
What in the world does that mean?!? The scientific method should simply be used as a guide to help lead the process.
You don’t need to try and solve the world’s biggest science questions! The scientific method is all about studying and learning things right around you.
As kids develop practices that involve creating, gathering data evaluating, analyzing, and communicating, they can apply these critical thinking skills to any situation. To learn more about the scientific method and how to use it, click here.
Even though the scientific method feels like it is just for big kids…
This method can be used with kids of all ages! Have a casual conversation with younger kiddos or do a more formal notebook entry with older kiddos!
Surface Tension Experiments
Here are some fun ways to demonstrate the surface tension of water. Plus, all you need is a handful of common household supplies. Let’s play with science today!
Drops Of Water On A Penny
A fun science activity with pennies and water. How many drops of water do you think you can get on a penny? The results might surprise you and all because of surface tension!
Apply the scientific method: would a different liquid require more or fewer drops? Does the size of the coin make a difference?
Floating Paperclip Experiment
How do you make a paperclip float on water? Learn about surface tension of water, with a few simple supplies.
Magic Pepper and Soap Experiment
Sprinkle some pepper in water and make it dance across the surface. Learn about the surface tension of water when you try this fun pepper and soap experiment with kids.
Magic Milk Experiment
Try this color-changing milk and soap experiment. Similar to water, the dish soap breaks the surface tension of the milk, allowing the food coloring to spread out.
Explore surface tension while you blow bubbles! Make your own homemade bubble solution too!
PAPER CLIPS IN A GLASS
How many paper clips fit in a glass of water? It’s all to do with surface tension!
BONUS: WATER DROP PAINTING
Not an experiment as such but still a fun activity that combines science and art. Paint with water drops using the principle of surface tension of water.
FUN SURFACE TENSION SCIENCE FOR KIDS
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Students learn to add to a multiple of 100 within 1,000.
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Students learn to add to a multiple of 100.
Discuss with students that it is important to add numbers to a hundreds number, so you can determine a total.
Show the money on the interactive whiteboard and tell students that they must add to the amounts to compose 100 or 200. The students must determine how many more must be added. Next tell students to decompose the given numbers. Ask students to write down their answers and hold them up on a sheet of paper or interactive whiteboard.
Start by explaining to students that hundreds numbers always end with zeros in the tens and ones places (00). Then tell students that they can add by counting quantities. Start by counting how many you have, that is the first addend of your addition problem. Next count how many are being added, this is the second addend. When you count the two together, you find the total. Show this on the interactive whiteboard using the blocks and money. Next explain a second type of addition problem. You start by looking to see how many there already are, this is the first addend. Then you look at what the total should be. You then determine how many should be added. You can solve this in different ways. Explain to students that you can add using a number line. You can also turn the addition problem into a subtraction problem. You can also compose the number by adding tens and then hundreds to reach the total. Emphasize that you must look carefully at the addends to determine which method works best for the given problem. Ask students to solve a few problems on their own. Ask them to explain their strategy. Finally show students how to solve a story problem. Show that they must first determine which kind of math problem it is, which numbers are important for the problem, to say or write the problem and finally to solve the problem. Ask students to solve a few story problems individually or in groups.
Check that students are able to add to a hundreds number by asking the following questions:
- What is a useful way to add to a hundreds number?
- How do you solve 385 + _ = 400?
Students are given problems in which they must add two numbers to a hundreds number with visual support. They must make jumps on a number line as well as simply add the numbers. They are also given story problems and problems in which they must determine what the missing addend is.
Discuss with the students that it is important to be able to add to a hundreds number, so you can determine a total. Show the number line on the interactive whiteboard and ask students to discuss how they would jump to the given total. Then discuss the problem as a class and show some possible jumps on the number line. Next ask students to determine what the number hidden below the paint splatters are. After giving them time to think, ask students to give their answers by turn. Ask them to explain their strategy. Delete the paint splatters away to show the correct answers.
If students have difficulty adding to a hundreds number, they can be supported by making use of a number line as visual support. Remind students that they can make different jumps on the number line to reach the total.
Gynzy is an online teaching platform for interactive whiteboards and displays in schools.
With a focus on elementary education, Gynzy’s Whiteboard, digital tools, and activities make it easy for teachers to save time building lessons, increase student engagement, and make classroom management more efficient.


Optilexia: The hidden number one cause of reading difficulty
Darren is eight. He’s a sweet boy who loves learning and wants to be a doctor when he grows up. But he has one big problem – he can’t read.
Darren can recognise a certain word on one page, but then not be able to read it on the next page. He guesses constantly, even with short words like ‘of’ or ‘for’, which by eight years old, he should know. He’s fallen way behind his classmates and, worst of all, is starting to realise it. His confidence is failing and his mother has noticed that he’s starting to get stressed about school and panicky when it comes to reading time. He’s becoming a different child than he used to be.
The root of reading difficulty
With 20% of children in every year group just like Darren failing to pass a reading test, it’s time to take a closer look at what’s really going on. Darren is the classic example of a child struggling with optilexia. Optilexia is the number one cause of reading difficulty, and is often hidden until reading ability starts to break down.
The term describes a pattern of sight-reading rather than decoding. Optilexics are usually bright, visual learners who have used their visual-spatial strength to sight-memorise words rather than learn phonics. They may do very well in the early years of primary education, but within a year or two, their reading progress begins to stall.
Where it all goes wrong
Optilexic learners usually follow a familiar pattern. As bright, visual learners they are able to pick up the alphabet very quickly, easily memorising letters. Then, they progress to memorising simple words, by committing the shape of short words like ‘dog’ or ‘cat’ to memory. When they move on to early reader books, they rely on the pictures to give them visual clues to guess words they don’t recognise. Phonics instruction is basically ignored by them because their sight-reading strategy seems to be working quite well.
There may be no red flags appearing at all until the reading material grows too complex to memorise every new word. At that stage, these children start to guess more and more wildly, as their visual memory capacity fails to match increasing input. Eventually, the child’s confidence and ability collapses, usually between the ages of six and nine. The word ‘dyslexic’ may begin to be discussed in parent-teacher meetings, as the child slips to the bottom of the class in reading.
What can be done?
The good news is that with the right tools, children displaying optilexia can catch up to the rest of the class – and usually within less than a year of remediation. As optilexia is at its core a strength in the area of visual-spatial processing and a corresponding weakness in auditory processing, you can re-train the brain’s auditory function to get things working properly again.
In fact you can actually use that strong visual processing, which has been the very thing to lead them down the wrong path in the first place, as a tool to activate the auditory function! A visual approach to phonics is essential to helping these children succeed.
There is an approach called ‘Guided Phonetic Reading’. Once you get children decoding correctly, it usually takes between six to nine months of practice for the new reading habit to be formed.
At this point, the optilexia disappears and a child, like Darren, who was heading down the dangerous road to very poor literacy, can get to the stage where he feels absolutely comfortable reading unaided. The greatest joy is to find your child, who has struggled so much, lying on the sofa reading a book or magazine by choice.
About the Author
David Morgan is the founder of Morgan Learning Solutions, publisher of the Easyread System. Easyread is a consultation process that uses ‘Guided Phonetic Reading’ to teach struggling learners how to read. Morgan Learning Solutions specialize in cases of Optilexia, dyslexia, auditory processing weakness, and more. Find out how at the Easyread System website: www.easyreadsystem.com


Our aim at Park Academy is to develop and extend the numeracy of all students in all areas of the curriculum so that they become increasingly competent in number skills, problem solving and data handling. All students are given the opportunity to extend their numeracy skills in a wide range of different contexts across the curriculum as we understand the importance that numeracy plays in creating for opportunities for future success and fulfilling potential.
What is numeracy?
Numeracy isn’t about solving equations or answering sums. Numeracy is about developing confidence and competence with numbers and measures. Numeracy means learning the skills we use in everyday life (perhaps without realising it). It is basic mathematics in real-life situations. It means giving our students the confidence and competence to work numerically in lots of different ways.
The development of numeracy skills is a basic entitlement for all pupils. Poor numeracy skills can hold back students’ progress, not just in Mathematics lessons, but within their lives and in work which is why we believe that improving these skills is a whole-academy matter. There are three areas in which we highlight the Numeracy across the Curriculum here at Park Academy: problem solving; decision making and reasoning.
How is numeracy developed at Park Academy?
Mathematical skills are consolidated and enhanced when students have opportunities to apply and develop them across the curriculum. The teaching of numeracy is the responsibility of all staff and regular opportunities are given to staff to liaise with the Mathematics department in order to support their teaching of numeracy.
Numeracy is also developed during Academic Mentoring. Each week students are given opportunities to discuss the maths that appears in the news and current affairs. Key Stage 3 students complete a programme called “Numeracy Ninjas” which is a fun way to fill any gaps in students’ basic mental calculation strategies and empowers them with their numeracy skills and fluency. This supports our students to full access GCSE Maths concepts when they move to Key stage 4. Our Key Stage 4 students complete the “5 a day” challenge set by Corbett maths. This allows them to recall different parts of the maths curriculum at their level and aids with their revision. Key Stage 5 students have been designed a programme that assists them in their day to day life. Students are taught every day maths like bills, interest etc. so we can be assured they are fully prepared for their next steps.
Useful Information for Parents
Parents and carers play an important role in developing your child’s numeracy and this can be done in many ways: be positive about numeracy and encourage students to use and identify the numeracy in everyday life (for example: shopping and using money, looking at statistics, graphs and charts on TV, thinking logically about problems).
Support the school in the implementation of whole school expectations of numeracy skills in order to maximise the potential of your child and therefore all learners.
Some external useful websites to support numeracy are:
- BBC Skillwise aimed at: key stages 3 and 4,
- Nrich aimed at all key stages.
- Maths Mistakes aimed at all key stages.
- Corbett Maths 5 a day aimed at all key stages.


An overview of the creativity process in the practice of Persian piano
Piano, a western musical instrument has a unique historical position in Persian music. Iran has its own music as part of its culture, a classical canon with an enduring repertoire and characteristic techniques handed down for generations with some improvements along the way. When the first keys were played on a piano in Tehran in the 1870s, the members of the Qajar imperial court were the exclusive audience. The practice of Persian piano is a fountainhead of creativity and individuality that had its roots in one specific area but was allowed to develop independently of those roots. In this way it is an evolutionary adaptation reflecting the ability of Persian musicians to form something entirely new out of the old.
At initial glance, based on my interviews with the Persian piano masters and also based on my own experience in performance, it could be stated that the techniques and the tuning systems utilized for Persian piano are different from those of western classical piano. Persian piano is an original form of piano musicianship with its own infinite variability. The piano is the only western keyboard instrument that is used as a local musical instrument in classical Persian music. For over a century, the art of Persian piano has been nourished by the inventiveness of native musicians in the country. Persians adopted and evolved piano musicianship within their own paradigms, initially independent of any western influences and based on improvisation principles. This was due to the absence of western music education in the country at the time. This paper studies the process of musical creativity in the art of Persian piano. For much of this research, I engaged in fieldwork with a group of informants, musicians, collectors, and elderly masters. A primary concern in the research was the lack of data on the practice of Persian piano as a traditional trend in the realm of piano performance. My solution to this problem was to pose the same questions to different interviewees in order to find a commonality in the practice principles. These methods, along with my investigative approach – interviews, acquired recordings and literature, in addition to historical archives and collections on the piano in Iran, have created a complete research model.
Based on original research into the piano music distinctive to Iran, I analyze the notable repertoire created there. I explore the techniques, forms and melodies of the country and delve into the history of the Persian piano masters who tuned their pianos in accord with Persian microtone intervals, and who designed a different tuning for each set of Dastgah. I compare the tuning systems and a number of performances by pianists spanning a period of more than 60 years
A new generation’s efforts to awaken interest, and to train a group of performers in Persian piano practice means that this unique form of piano art will be known and played alongside other pianistic trends on into the future. It is my hope that this paper contributes toward that end.
San Jose Evergreen Valley College, USA
Has a passion for piano since the age of six that has taken her across the world to play and to share her love of music. She holds a Masters degree in piano performance and has performed in solo recitals and with chamber ensembles at prestigious concert halls including Tehran Niavaran Hall and Konzerthaus Freiburg. Maryam is a PhD in ethnomusicology from University of Montreal (2017) where she was the recipient of the Bourses d’ E!tudes Supe!rieures for her dissertation. Her dissertation “The Practice of Persian Piano in Iran from 1879 to 1979” breaks ground in the vibrant world music cultural debate about the traditional practice of Persian piano. She enjoys an active career as a piano performer, scholar, and lecturer. She is currently a full-time music faculty in San Jose Evergreen Valley College and the music director of Evergreen Valley College Choir.


One of the fundamental changes influencing the emergence of technology ecosystems has been the transition from ICT being used to access information to it being used for interaction. Discourse and interaction are fundamental components of learning environments, as well.
When investigating the different venues in the classroom that are available for communication, and thus that are potentially influenced by ICT and that must be accounted for when creating hybrid classrooms, Gabrielle Ivinson (2000) identified eight aspects of classroom places that affect how educators and students interact, and these all have the potential to be affected by ICT and ICT-mediated interactions (see table 7.2). While management of those venues in classroom places are well-established and familiar to educators, in virtual spaces, the dynamics of the information and interactions become more dynamic and educators have more options.
The nature of the interactions that characterize a learning environment depend not only on how Ivinson’s eight aspects of classrooms are designed, but also on the culture of those places and spaces. The experiences and expectations of both the students and the teachers, the details of how curriculum expectations are communicated and measured, and both students’ and teachers’ perceptions of the purpose of the activities, as well as perceived social norms all contribute to the nature of learning interactions and the learning that occurs. Strange and Banning (2001) observed that interactions can create environments that encourage every learner to adopt similar methods to solve problems following authority (embodied by the teacher) and that maximizes achievement and minimizes risk-taking. Alternatively, Strange and Banning observed interactions can be managed to create developmental environments in which students are encouraged to assume responsibility for creating unique solutions, and flexibility and risk-taking are encouraged. When creating ICT-rich learning places and spaces that encourage the flexibility and risk-taking necessary for developmental environments and also that reflects the context-rich problems that are the focus of authentic learning tasks, educators will ensure that ICT facilitates interaction as much as ICT facilitates information access which is its traditional role in the classroom.
Ivinson, Gabrielle. 2000. “The Development of Children’s Social Representations of the Primary School Curriculum.” In Social Interaction in Learning and Instruction: The Meaning of Discourse for the Construction of Knowledge, edited by Helen Cowie and D. van der Aalvoort, 67-92. Kidlington, Oxford: Elsevier Science.


Alphabet search: why it’s a good road trip activity for children
Alphabet search is looking for letters of the alphabet with your child, or encouraging your child to look.
Alphabet search is a fun way to build children’s early literacy skills. It gives your child practice in recognising letters, and it makes this activity fun. Children often love search-and-find games like alphabet search, because they get praise for being the first to find something.
Alphabet search is also a great road trip activity for you and your child because you don’t have to take your attention off the road to do it.
Alphabet search is great as a quick circuit breaker when your child starts to ask, ‘Are we there yet?’
What you need for alphabet search on a road trip
You can do alphabet search anytime you’re in the car with your child. You don’t need anything for this activity, and you don’t need any particular planning.
How to do alphabet search on a road trip
Here are some ideas to get you started on alphabet search on your next road trip:
- Start by reminding your child that you can’t take your eyes off the road, so you won’t be able to look if your child is pointing to something in another direction.
- Ask one person to pick a letter. Everyone else tries to find the letter on number plates, street signs, expressway signs or advertising material that you pass on the road. The person who finds it first picks the next letter. Or you can take turns to pick letters.
- Make the game more exciting by putting time limits on the search. For example, ‘How many letter Ms can you find in five minutes?’ or ‘Can you find five letter Es before we pass a red truck in the other lane?’
Keeping children happy and engaged can help with child car safety. For safety, it’s also important to make sure your child knows that you can’t turn around while you’re driving.
Adapting alphabet search for children at different stages
There are many ways to adapt this simple search-and-find game for your child’s age, abilities and interests.
For example, many children will enjoy looking for numbers rather than letters sometimes. This can be a great way to build early numeracy skills.
Here are ways to adapt the activity for younger or less confident children:
- Make the activity more collaborative – for example, ‘Let’s find an O. Is that one on the beginning of the street sign there? Can you see it? It looks like a circle’.
- Ask your child to look for colours rather than letters – for example, ‘Let’s find a red car’.
- Ask your child to look for shapes rather than numbers – for example, ‘Let’s find a circle’.
Here are ideas for older children or more confident children:
- Ask your child to find the letters of a word. For example, ask your child to find the letters of their name. Your child might find the first letter on a street sign, the second on a number plate and so on.
- Ask your child to find combinations of numbers that add up to another one. For example, you could ask your child to find numbers that add up to 12. Your child might find 6 and 5 first, and then have to keep looking until they find a 1.