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Curated Video
Using Subordinating Conjunctions to Improve Writing Flow and Rhythm
In this video, the teacher explains the use of subordinating conjunctions to connect ideas and create rhythm in writing. The teacher provides examples and practice exercises for students to improve their sentence structure and flow. By...
Visual Learning Systems
The Science of Earth's Rotation
In this video, the concept of Earth's rotation and its impact on day and night is explained.
The video also clarifies that the sun does not actually move, but rather the Earth rotates on its axis, causing the regular occurrence...
The video also clarifies that the sun does not actually move, but rather the Earth rotates on its axis, causing the regular occurrence...
Music Matters
How to Write Syncopated Rhythms - Music Composition
How to write syncopated rhythms. Syncopated rhythms add a great deal of interest and character to a piece of music but when should we write them and how do we write them. This music composition lesson shows two very different musical...
Advocate of Wordz
What Is Poetry? - Poetry Defined
In the inaugural episode of this new webseries "Poetry Defined," we tackle our series' namesake. We define what poetry is and briefly explore its etymology. This will set-up the rest of this series moving forward.
Wonderscape
Literature Kids: Exploring Poetic Devices
In this video, the teacher discusses the fundamental poetic devices of alliteration, assonance, and consonance. They explain how these devices create rhythm and rhyme in poetry and provide examples from famous poets such as Walt Whitman...
Cerebellum
The Elements Of Poetry - Rhyme And Rhythmn
The Elements of Poetry - Figurative language, meter and rhyme, simile, and metaphor . these are a few of the many topics explored in this lively video tour through the genre of poetry. Other elements illustrated in the program include:...
Advocate of Wordz
Blank & Free Verse - Poetry Defined
Blank and Free Verse are sometimes confused as being interchangeable, but they aren't! Also, we sometimes believe we're writing in Free Verse, but we're actually denying ourselves credit we deserve.
TED-Ed
Rhythm in a Box: The Story of the Cajon Drum
Discover the rich cultural traditions and remarkable ingenuity of indigenous people and African slaves by learning about one of the most popular percussion instruments in the world today.
Be Smart
How the Moon Controls Biological Cycles
All types of organisms sync behaviors using biological clocks. But how do those biological clocks work? It turns out the moon is in control! Part of a larger series exploring biology, the video presents an exploration of this phenomenon...
Joy 2 Learn
Nuts and Bolts of Jazz
A collection of videos directs viewers through a series of seven videos detailing all things jazz. Video topics include how to play, its forms, rhythm, syncopation, swing, improvisation, and explores the rhythm, horn, and wind sections....
TED-Ed
The Pleasure of Poetic Pattern
Poetic rhythm, what it is and why it works, is the subject of this short video that uses animation to explain the appeal of rhythm, rhyme, and repetition.
Alison Neibling
Introduction to Poetry: The 3 R's
Get to the know the importance of the three R's of poetry (rhyme, repetition, and rhythm) with this video created to accompany your poetry instruction for a middle school audience. With detailed information, examples, and digital...
TED-Ed
A Different Way to Visualize Rhythm
Take a musical journey around the world with a short video that demonstrates the value of using the wheel method of representing rhythm, rather than the usual notes on a musical bar line.
NeurOreille
Journey Into the World of Hearing: Music Perception
Through a series of flash animations, learn how our ears perceive different elements of music.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Exploring the World of Music: Rhythm
In this video, examine how rhythm structures music through a variety of music styles. The video is part of the Exploring the World of Music instructional series. [26:47]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pbs Kids Rocks: Best Coast: "Taking Turns"
PBS KIDS Rocks is a music album featuring 28 songs from Grammy Award-winners. Each of the songs helps kids explore topics related to literacy, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), and social-emotional learning. Bilingual...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Kid Vision: African Dance Field Trip
Penny and the KidVision Kids learn about West African dance and music. They listen to a storyteller, make and wear traditional dance attire, play dundun drums and dance the Lamba, and watch a professional performance by Delou Africa!...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Rhythm: Lesson 5
In this lesson, you will learn about the Rhythm principle. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Rhythm."
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Explain How an Author Uses Rhythm to Express Point of View
In this lesson, you will learn how the author uses rhythm to express point of view by identifying the rhythm of a poem and determining what the author is trying to tell the reader through the rhythm. Login gives access to a slideshow and...
TES Global
Tes: Brain Teaser Fun With Words 2 of 5 r.a.p. Rhythm and Poetry
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will practice their poetry skills. When given a list of phrases, students will complete them with humorous phrases that match the established rhythm.
Leaf Group
E How: How to Write a Poem in Iambic Pentameter
In this video Laura Turner explains iambic pentameter including the metrical feet, rhyme scheme, and rhythm. [1:33]
Planet Nutshell
Planet Nutshell: Do the Penquin Shuffle
This musical animation explores beats and rhythm as six different animals, including a shuffling penguin, move to their own slow, medium, and fast songs. The animation challenges kids to make up their own beats and move like an animal.