This course introduces students to the art and formal ideologies of contemporary dance. We explore the aesthetic and technical underpinnings of contemporary dance composition. Basic compositional techniques are discussed and practiced, with an emphasis on principles such as weight, space, time, effort, and shape. Principles of musicality are considered and developed by each student. Working with each other as the raw material of the dance, students develop short compositions that reveal their understanding of basic techniques. Hopefully, students come to understand a range of compositional possibilities available to artists who work with the medium of the human body.

This activity allows pupils to learn the difference between diurnal and nocturnal animals, understand that when it is day here, it is night on the other side of the world, and that it is light when the Sun comes up and it is dark when the Sun goes down. At the end, pupils build a model of the Earth and can experiment with day and night.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach third graders an overview of telling time to 1-minute intervals.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to give fourth graders an overview of elapsed time.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders an overview of elapsed time.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fourth graders about elapsed time in a sequence of events - word problems.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about determining duration time - one step with timeline.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about determining the elapsed time given start and end time.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about determining time changes in 5-minute intervals.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach third graders about solving for beginning time in 5-minute intervals - word problems.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fourth graders about ending time in 5-minute intervals - word problems.

In this lab, students will converse with their partners to make a plan to meet. The students will ask their partners when they are able to meet and where they would like to meet. Students will learn about days of the week, time, and making plans with other people. 

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to give fourth graders an overview of speed based problems.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to give fifth graders an overview of speed based problems.

The CyberSquad must construct a clock of sorts in order to keep track of the amount of time they have to rescue Dr. Marbles in this video segment from Cyberchase.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach third graders about beginning, ending, and elapsed time with clocks - word problems.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about beginning, ending, and elapsed time with clocks - word problems.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fourth graders about beginning, ending, and elapsed time with clocks - word problems.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about solving for start time, end time, or elapsed time.