http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:48:58 PDT Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:48:58 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=81883 The acoustics of musical instruments and the voice. The "Basics" directory introduces and explains general concepts. There are "Introduction to the Acoustics of [instrument name]״, data bases, technical material, web services (including a hearing test) and a FAQ. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=75000 Educational physics applets designed to be scripted in JavaScript for use in quizzes, homework problems, and Just in Time Teaching activities. Includes applets that can be used in a wide range of classes and at different levels. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=79493 The Fugues of the Well-Tempered Clavier is a site that provides interactive multimedia analyses of Book I (and portions of Book II) of the WTC by Johann Sebastian Bach. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=88036 The entry point to an extensive site concerning the nervous system and neuroscience. The site includes descriptive materials, experiments, activities, links to articles, resources for teaching neuroscience, and a listing of Internet resources related to the neurosciences. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=78198 This site is the parent site of an extensive collection of interactive mathematics authored by Alexander Bogomolny and includes an interactive monthly column . The content is accessible to the casual reader but offers much depth along with links to other high-quality resources. Altogether, this site is a mathematician's delight. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=75261 This searchable database of 100+ K-6 arts lessons (dance, drama/theatre, music, and visual art) has been developed by Dr. Cris Guenter and student teachers at California State University, Chico. New lessons are added each semester.Other information at this site includes how the site is used in teacher education, a lesson plan template, how the database was constructed, how student teacher lesson plans are selected, a rubric for assessing the lesson plans, how to cite online sources, reflections, and suggestions for use.This website has been selected as a featured site in StudyWeb as one of the best educational resources on the Web. It has also received recognition from the directors of ArtsEdge at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=353806 This is a collection of educational Web 2.0 applications that are organized by categories such as writing, research, presentations, storage, audio, converters, mapping, graphing and more. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=88008 WOW lessons are designed for infusion into the existing science curriculums for college freshmen and advanced high school students. The lessons use the aquatic environment and real lake data to explore basic science concepts through two different approaches: a directed study (״Studying״) and an inquiry (״Investigating״) approach. The directed studies allow students to apply and learn concepts through direct, guided experience. The inquiry lessons provide a more open-ended opportunity for students to discover the same concepts. This module was selected as the 2005 Classics Award Winner of the Biology Discipline because it allows students to analyze real environmental data collected in several lakes over long periods of time. In addition the site provides sound pedagogical tools to help the students apply basic scientific concepts to analyze and understand the data. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=86124 Educators at all levels can use Digital Storytelling in many ways, from introducing new material to helping students learn to conduct research, synthesize large amounts of content and gain expertise in the use of digital communication and authoring tools. It also can help students organize these ideas as they learn to create stories for an audience, and present their ideas and knowledge in an individual and meaningful way.The author also participated in a one hour webinar for the MERLOT Classics Series on Elluminate: " target=״_blank״>https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2010-03-09.1600.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=79501 MisCositas.com is a free web resource that offers teachers a variety of materials for teaching languages: Spanish, French,Chinese, Italian, Thai and ESL. Available on the site are: Videos for teaching simple vocabulary, "in-flight movies" for fantasy trips, karaoke and cultural clips downloadable thematic curriculum units complete lesson plans, student worksheets and resources downloadable materials collections with activities, manipulatives and mini-posters over 40 virtual illustrated picturebooks organized thematically in Spanish, French and English a list of vetted links for language teaching and authentic realia tied to the stories and thematic units