Audio/Music

Name This Tune

A searchable, editable, and expandable collection of tunes, melodies, and musical themes.

name-this-tune.com/

Science of Music

Explore music like never before through interactive exhibits and instructional movies. Be prepared to compose, mix, dance, drum and listen!

exploratorium.edu/music/index.html

Engineering and the Guitar

Interesting series on the acoustic guitar and the sound engineering behind it.

educatorscorner.com/index.cgi?CONTENT_ID=371

Wired for Books

Listen in Real Audio to interesting lectures, books and poems spanning from Alice in Wonderland to poems by Edgar Allan Poe.

wiredforbooks.org/

BBC History: Audio and Video

An archive of video and audio clips from BBC History Programs. The website explores topics from the Vikings to Egypt, all through audio and video.

bbc.co.uk/history/

Play Music

Koda, the conductor, is your guide through music making both backstage and center stage at playmusic.org. Listen to classical hits on the juke box, e-mail musical postcards and see how you compare to Molly Mallet when it comes to playing percussion!

playmusic.org/

America in the 1930's

Learn about film, print and radio of the 1930's through. The site also includes a multimedia timeline that covers key events.

xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/front.html

Voices From the Days of Slavery

The site has collected audio interviews from 23 former slaves born from 1932 to 1975. The interviews include remarkable accounts, as well as songs from the fields.

lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vfshtml/

QlipBoard

A program for making narrated slide shows- bundle up your photos and add a voice-over.

qlipmedia.com/

Free Sound Effects

A huge list of sound effects that you can use for movies, presentations, or projects. You can search or browse by category.

pacdv.com/sounds/index.html

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Bonus Links

Inventors of the Modern Computer

A look at how Microsoft and Apple evolved and what companies have since dropped out of the operating system business.

inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa033099.htm

Checklist of Internet Research Tips

An explanation of all the different ways to find information on the internet. Especially informative on the different types of search engines.

internettutorials.net/

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