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How to Twirl a Woman while Dancing
Follow these steps to twirl your dance partner and sweep her off her feet.
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How to Win at DDR (Dance Dance Revolution)
If your 2 left feet have gotten in the way of your Dance Dance Revolution domination, these quick tips will have you tapping your way to victory.
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How to Cross-Country Ski
Cross-country skiing is a great way to exercise and have some fun in the snow, and it's not as a hard as it looks.
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Why Does This Tasmanian Devil Need a Pacemaker?
As part of a routine health checkup, veterinarians at the San Diego Zoo discovered this little guy has an arrhythmia, or an irregular heart rhythm. See how they get him back to his usual active self.
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Exploring Turkish Traditions: A Journey Through Culture and Heritage
Discover the rich and vibrant traditions of Turkey, a country where centuries-old customs blend seamlessly with modern life. In this video, we delve into Turkey’s most fascinating traditions, from the art of Turkish tea and the elegance...
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Mike Will Made-It On Music That Confuses Him
In this episode of Boardroom Talks, Rich Kleiman sits down with super producer Mike Will Made-It to explore his groundbreaking career. Mike breaks down how Atlanta's musical legacy influenced modern sound, why genre-blending is key to...
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House Tour: This Brooklyn Rental Doesn't Have a TV (But Does Have a Meditation Room)
See how modern dating and relationship coach Alysha Malik transformed her Williamsburg rental into a peaceful, Zen space that also reflects her South Asian heritage.
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How a Montreal hospital uses AI to predict heart problems
The Montreal Heart Institute has begun using artificial intelligence to predict which patients may be at risk of developing a type of cardiac arrhythmia, and those behind the initiative say it could be common practice within a few years.
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Writing inspired by ‘Skin of the Sea’: varying sentence types to create rhythm
Pupil outcome: I can vary my sentence types and lengths to improve the rhythm of a paragraph of creative writing inspired by Natasha Bowen’s ‘Skin of the Sea’. Key learning points: - A complex sentence is made up of a main clause and a...
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Refining poems: harmony and dissonance
Pupil outcome: I can refine a poem by paying close attention to its harmony and dissonance. Key learning points: - Poets pay close attention to how their poems sound, as well as what the words express. - You might like a poem for its...
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Delivering speeches about supporting Victorian working class children
Pupil outcome: I can deliver my speech confidently and clearly. Key learning points: - Varying pace and rhythm can help support with presenting the meaning of a text. - Pauses can help vary pace and rhythm. - Facial expressions can help...
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Improving the style of a letter: sentence structure and rhythm
Pupil outcome: I can improve a letter which recounts an imagined experience in the trenches by using a range of sentence lengths and fronted adverbials. Key learning points: - Rhythm is the beat, flow, or pattern of a piece of music or...
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Composing a rhythm sequence using pictures
Pupil outcome: I can use pictures to help me compose a rhythm. Key learning points: - We warm up before singing so that our bodies, minds and voices are ready to sing. - We can feel the pulse of the music as we sing, play and move on the...
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Ensemble performance from a graphic score
Pupil outcome: I can read my graphic score and play my part in an ABA composition. Key learning points: - It is important to rehearse as an ensemble in order to perform together successfully. - Structure is the way the music is...
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Learning a four note melody on pitched percussion
Pupil outcome: I can begin to play a song that uses do, mi, so and la on pitched percussion instruments. Key learning points: - We can tap the beat and rhythm of a song or rhyme. - We can use stick notation to read rhythms using rhythm...
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Playing rhythm patterns to a steady pulse
Pupil outcome: I can play a rhythm with a steady pulse. Key learning points: - We warm up before singing so that our bodies, minds and voices are ready to sing. - We can can hear, feel and perform the rhythm and the beat in our songs and...
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Composing a simple high and low melody
Pupil outcome: I can compose a high-low melody and perform this on pitched percussion. Key learning points: - Pitch is how high or low the note sounds. We can show different pitches with actions as we sing and play. - Bigger pitched...
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Reading and playing using simplified notation
Pupil outcome: I can read and play rhythms and melodies using simplified notation, keeping a steady pulse. Key learning points: - Keeping a steady beat as we sing or play music helps us keep in time when we perform with others. - We can...
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Echoing simple rhythm patterns
Pupil outcome: I can echo a rhythm in time and know that rhythm is the pattern of sounds that we play and sing. Key learning points: - We warm up before singing so that our bodies, minds and voices are ready to sing. - We can sing and...
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Reading rhythms from pictures
Pupil outcome: I can use pictures to help me play a rhythm accurately. Key learning points: - We warm up before singing so that our bodies, minds and voices are ready to sing. - We play instruments on the beat and to the rhythm as we...
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Identifying high and low notes
Pupil outcome: I can hear the difference between high and low notes in our songs. Key learning points: - Pitch is how high or low a note sounds. - We can use actions with our bodies to help us hear the high and low notes in a song. -...
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Using sentence structure to create rhythm in writing about World War One
Pupil outcome: I can explore how Ian Beck and Wilfred Owen use sentence structure to give their writing rhythm and, inspired by them, craft a creative paragraph with engaging rhythm. Key learning points: - Writers spend time crafting the...
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Composing a four beat rhythm
Pupil outcome: I can compose a four beat rhythm using Ta and Ta-di and play it with a steady pulse. Key learning points: - Beat and rhythm are not the same thing. We can play rhythms successfully when we are able to hold a steady beat. -...
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Combining rhythm and timbre
Pupil outcome: I can rehearse a rhythm and can choose an instrument, based on its timbre, to perform it on. Key learning points: - When we chant an animal description we are chanting in a rhythm. - We can rehearse rhythms to improve and...