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Quantum Fishing for the Higgs Boson
The scientific models predicted the Higgs Boson for many years before it was proven. Filmed during the search for the Higgs Boson, the video discusses what it would mean for science if researchers proved it wrong. At the time of this...
Calculus Expert
Sketch the Graph of a Circle
Feel like you're going in circles? The fifteenth lesson in a series of 29 videos gives pupils a resource for writing equations of circles in standard form. Once in standard form, the instructor graphs the circle.
National Education Association
Scatter Plots and Line of Best Fit
Demonstrate how to use a box and whisker plot to place a line of best fit accurately with an educational video. It begins with a review of box and whisker and line of best fit, and then uses an application problem to describe the...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Form Irregular Verbs
Teach your class to pay attention to how a word looks and sounds when working with conjugating irregular verbs into the past tense. The video provides several examples of incorrectly and correctly spelled irregular verbs.
Curated Video
Learn the Alphabet
Begin the alphabet with a cute video featuring the letter a. Kids can see several puppets naming things that start with a, including an astronaut, an axe, and armour.
Curated Video
Safety Mode
Teach your YouTube users how to protect themselves from offensive content with a mini lesson on Safety Mode. The teacher presents information about Safety Mode, and then demonstrates how it can be turned on and off. Learners...
Jacob Clifford
Intro: Basic Economic Concepts
Before delving into the bank of instructional videos that this economics instructor has to offer, check out an introductory video in which he offers a quick overview of the topics he will be covering in the particular unit.
TV411
Understanding Hard Words
Two strategies for decoding unfamiliar words are featured on a worksheet that illustrates how to use the parts of words (prefix, root, and suffix) and context to determine meaning. Examples are included as is a guided practice exercise.
TV411
Learn the Steps to Clear Essay Writing!
Introduce your young writers to the five-paragraph expository essay format with a four-page instructional activity that uses color codes to model for writers how to craft the essay. Although designed to prepare writers for the GED, the...
TV411
How Many Languages Do You Speak When You Speak English?
What do the words pizza, broccoli, and ciao have in common? Why they are all English words that originally came from Italian. Ask your middle schoolers to guess the origins of a list of words by matching the word with the language from...
TV411
Whip up a Storm of Writing Ideas
Need a key to unlock writer's block? Introduce your writers to four easy steps that will release them from their mental prison. The brainstorming worksheet, designed to set free their imaginations, even has an answer key.
Curriculum Associates
Comprehensive Assessment of Reading Strategies II
Assess your kids' reading skills with a straightforward reading comprehension exercise. Pupils read a story and answer 12 multiple choice questions about the story. Each question is labeled with one of 12 reading strategies, such as...
Northeast Arkansas Education Cooperative
Functions
Relationships can be good or bad, but functional relationships are the best! The video demonstrates relationships in a table or graph and what makes their qualities functional. Have your learners review functions and then go through a...
California Academy of Science
Earthquake Monitoring
Ten seconds doesn't seem like much time, but if people had that much of a warning before a big earthquake hit, it could save countless lives and prevent serious injury. The video points out that, by measuring the quick-moving P-waves and...
California Academy of Science
34,000 Year-Old Fiber
In a discovery that would make Betty Rubble squeal with joy, scientists discovered fibers in a cave from 34,000 years ago that were dyed in pinks and blues. The video details the findings, which were not only unique because of the...
California Academy of Science
Monarch Migration
It takes four generations of Monarch butterflies to complete the migratory path from the Rockies to Mexico each year, so how do they know where to go? The answer may surprise you; it certainly surprised the scientists who figured it out!...
California Academy of Science
Men More Evolved?
In a recent study of chimpanzee and human genomes, it was discovered that the X chromosomes are nearly identical, but the Y chromosomes are vastly different. These findings have led some to say that men are more evolved, but what do the...
California Academy of Science
Therapy for Color Blindness
Could a virus be the key to reversing color blindness in humans? Some researchers believe so, and have even tested it out on monkeys. Learn more about the experiment and its effects in a short video that could accompany a lesson on gene...
California Academy of Science
The LCROSS Mission
True or false: Earth is the only body in our solar system with water. If you said true, perhaps you didn't hear about the LCROSS mission in which NASA crashed a probe into Earth's moon looking for water. Learn about the mission and its...
California Academy of Science
Earthquake Engineering
Protecting buildings, bridges, and roadways from damage during an earthquake is an important task for engineers. Discover how one lab goes about testing the safety of existing and yet-to-be-built structures with a short video. See some...
California Academy of Science
Islands, Birds and Disease
Island chains are some of the best environments to study evolution and the small adaptations that occur in an isolated ecosystem. Papua New Guinea is an excellent example of these evolutionary gems, with a diverse bird population on its...
Curated OER
Monster Foam
In honor of the 4th of July, Steve Spangler shows how to make an explosive concoction in red, white, and blue. Using hydrogen peroxide, dishwashing liquid, and yeast, he creates a colorful chemical reaction. Consider this combination...
Curated OER
Chemical Magic - Think Ink!
This is a classic chemical reaction to use in your science class. Starch and iodine mix to cause a color change. Discuss with aspiring chemists the chemical and physical changes that occur as you demonstrate.
Curated OER
Types of Angles
Acute, obtuse, right, and straight are all different types of angles. This clip provides a brief definition and example of each of the four types of angles. Tip: Have your class go on an angle hunt, the team that finds the most of each...
