Music: Violin: ACDC Thunderstruck covers, violin, bagpipe, banjo...

Fine Arts: Dance: 'Crip Walking' to Irish Music

Fine Arts: Irish Dance documentary

Fine Arts (1.0 cr): Art, Music, Dance

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9th Grade Fine Arts (1.0 cr)

NWAC: Advanced Artists: While we explore the artists and techniques of the Impressionist period, students will be encouraged to find their unique, creative voice. We will work with a wide range of mediums including pastel, printmaking, scratchboard, watercolor and acrylic paint. As often as possible, we will work en plein air (in the open air)—just as the Impressionists did. (Ages 11-15) 

SVEC: Beginning Fiddle: Each week students will learn a new fiddle tune. They will be introduced to note reading, music theory along with the history & culture of American fiddle music throughout the year.

SVEC: Beginning Irish Dance: Vocabulary and elements of dance, principles of choreography.

Math: Fractals, Numbers Speak Louder than Words

Netflix series: TedTalks: Numbers Speak Louder than Words: Margaret Wertheim on the Beautiful Math of Coral Kevin Slavin: How Algorithms Shape Our World Ron Eglash on African Fractals Geoffrey West: The Surprising Math of Cities and Corporations Stephen Wolfram: Computing a Theory of Everything Sean Gourley on the Mathematics of War Benoit Mandelbrot: Fractals and the Art of Roughness Marcus du Sautoy: Symmetry, Reality's Riddle

Music: Sound of Music, Making Music, Famous Musicians

Doodle music: A visual and musical expression of mathematical symmetry groups. The transformations done to the video are equivalent to the transformations done to the notes. These type of repeating patterns are called frieze patterns. A couple wallpaper groups are also represented.


What is up with noises? (The science and mathematics of sound, frequency, and pitch): Accuracy not guaranteed. Get Audacity and play! http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Correction: it is the "Basilar" membrane, which is what I say, but somehow between recording the script and actually drawing the stuff I got confused and thought I just pronounced my Vs poorly. Always sad to have such a simple and glaring error in something I put hundreds of hours of work into, but a "Vasilar" membrane can be the kind that a Vi draws to explain Viola Vibrations, I guess! Making up new words is just so prolightfully awstastic. Props to my Bro for excellent and creative swing pushing, and to my Mamma for filming it. Extra special thanks to my generous donators, without whom I would not have been able to create this video. Because of your support, I have the equipment, time, and take-out Thai food necessary for doing stuff like this.

Social Studies: Art: Ancient Art and Civilizations

Modern Art: Printmaking, Abstract Expressionism, Performance Art

Music: Matching Piano Keys to Sheet Music

Music: Drumming

Music: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, analysis by Gerard Schwarz (part 1): Watch the full performance here (starting at 10:40)  

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 Analysis by Gerard Schwarz (part 2): Watch the full performance here (starting at 10:40)​

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, analysis by Gerard Schwarz (part 3 & 4 ): Watch the full performance starting at 10:40

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, a conducting lesson by Gerard Schwarz (1st Movement) : Watch the full performance here (starting at 10:40)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, an appreciation by Leon Botstein:

Elective: Career Tech: Photography: 4H Photo Project 1

Elective: Career Tech: Digital Photography

One of my photos edited using computer software.

Digital photography is editing photos using computer software. For example you can draw a pair of glasses and a mustache on a photo. There are different ways to edit a photo not just doodling. You can do all kinds of things to them. I'll explain some of them now:

1. Cropping is cutting out all the parts you don't want to see.  
2. Rotating is turning the photo around so it's turned the way you like.
3. Retouch is removing pimples and stuff like that.
4. Red-eye is removing red eyes.
5. Straighten is straightening the photo.
6. Fix is fixing the lighting and stuff like that.
7. Tint is tinting the photo a certain color.
8. Text is typing words on the photo.       

There are Different programs that help you to edit your own photos. Some of  them have to be installed and others you can just access from the internet. I'm going to put some links to a couple photo editing programs.

• Picmonkey 
• Picasa 
• Windows live photo gallery 

 (Picmonkey you can access from the internet and Picasa and Windows live photo gallery you have to install.)

Hi, I'm going to put all my favorite photos here in a little gallery. (They,re all edited on the computer.)

This is one of my favorites.	I think this one is really sweet.	This was my very first one.
I think this one is really funny.	This one is meant for someone special.	I think this ones really funny too.