http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sat, 18 May 2013 04:28:35 PDT Sat, 18 May 2013 04:28:35 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=85836 This site engages the learner using enticing questions and interactive objects to allow creating and experimenting with sounds. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=85072 MERLOT is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Links to online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=86246 This packed web site is for those with a thirst for art, magnificent landscapes, portraits, and photos. Huntfor.com gives the different art areas and there own little sub groups. This site also explains the why; in the art of the time. The history of art contained in this site is very descriptive, and is actually interesting to read. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=655492 BBC Learning Schools: Contains over 9,000 K-12 (Primary & Secondary) Educational clips from its BBC Learning Zone Class Programmes ready to play in your classroom. An excellent Educational Portal to free Online classes and other materials and resources for educators, students, and adults. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=227247 http://www.digitaldivide.net/ On this site, you can build your own online community; publish a blog, share documents and discussions with colleagues, and post news, events and articles. The Digital Divide Network is the Internet's largest community for educators, activists, policy makers and concerned citizens working to bridge the digital divide.  http://www.washington.edu/wto/digitalThis site is built for interaction among students and faculty members via networking. It includes many resources from the digital divide that can be linked to international and domestic sources such as the BBC.  http://www.pbs.orgThis site hosts a collection of information and links on varied topics including television news, life & culture, and interaction sites for kids and parents.  Especially notable are the game and activities sites for kids. Also, the parents’ advice site is a great source for child-rearing help and information.  In the teacher sources area, many items for classroom use could be very interesting for students including math, science, and cartoon sites which not only make good teaching tools but serve to motivate students as well.    http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=262448 The leading repository for metadata describing Jewish cultural heritage resources in the Internet. Includes about 18,000 descriptions. Specialized teams describe resources in Jewish History, Jewish Genealogy, Personalities, Jewish Bioethics. Includes a specially developed thesaurus with about 1,500 terms. The terms are linked both to the resources described in this database as well as to specially designed Google queries. The user is able, easily, to toggle between these two alternative paths the resources he is interested - those described in the eJewish.info repository and those available at Google at large. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=255256 This activity aims to familiarize students with Expressionism and encourages interconnections between music and the visual arts. It includes pop-ups of representative paintings, and it is recommended that this activity be enhanced with audio of Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=230490 The US Fire Administration site for Children.  A lot of different types of material aimed primarily at the k-8 age group. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=255253 This activity aims to familiarize students with Impressionism and encourages interconnections between music and the visual arts. It includes pop-ups of representative paintings, and it is recommended that this activity be enhanced with audio of Claude Debussy’s Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun."  http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=83312 Complete source for all matters relating to this antique Turkish puppetry tradition (actually shadow puppets). Includes actual scripts and descriptions of the character types.