Instructional Video
Science for Kids

Science Kids: Experiment Videos: Paper Folding Experiment

6th - 8th
Watch as the MythBusters team put the famous myth that you can't fold paper any more than seven times to the test. [3:53]
Instructional Video
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Oil Fingerprinting

7th
Do you know how scientist find the origin of oil spills? This video discusses oil fingerprinting which is used to find the origin of oil spills. [5:00]
Instructional Video
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Green Revolution

3rd - 8th
Videos on different forms of alternative energy and various green initiatives, e.g., green roofs.
Instructional Video
Other

Ki Cubed: I Squared: A Different Way of Learning and Thinking

3rd - 8th
Imagine what students can accomplish in high school and beyond when they have been learning in a collaborative, real world, standards based environment throughout their elementary and middle school years! See what project-based learning...
Instructional Video
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Fired Up About Energy

3rd - 8th
Did you ever want to see inside your student's minds while you are teaching a concept? Through this video, you can see the common assumptions student's hold about energy and how you can build on these ideas to explain the Law of...
Instructional Video
Virtual Nerd

Virtual Nerd: How Do You Use the Fcp to Count the Number of Outcomes in a Sample

6th - 8th
Using baseball as an example, watch how you can apply the Fundamental Counting Principle to count the number of different ways a coach can fill his infield. This video will show you how to make a drawing to better understand the problem....
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Arithmetic and Pre Algebra: Adding and Subtracting Fractions

3rd - 8th Standards
This video shows how to add and subtract fractions with like and unlike denominators. Practice problems are available. [9:49]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Geometry: Measuring Angles in Degrees

4th - 8th Standards
Explains how to measure an angle in degrees using a protractor. Defines acute, right, and obtuse angles. Practice problems available. [8:22]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Measuring Length Precisely

3rd - 8th
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad must measure the length of the rope that will lower Digit from the ceiling to remove the voice box from a statue of Hacker.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Designing a Paper Bridge

3rd - 8th
In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members make a bridge from a single piece of paper. Will it be strong enough to hold a hundred pennies? [3:41]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Building Simple Machines: Plant Quencher

3rd - 8th
In this video segment from ZOOM, Jillian explains how her simple machine uses marbles, levers, flowing sand, and a spinning wheel to water a plant. [1:16]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Raven Story

3rd - 8th
This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, portrays one telling of the story, "How Raven Gave Light to the World", a creation myth often told by the Tlingit.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Common Sense Education: Strategic Searching: Lesson Plan

5th - 8th Standards
Learn how to search the web effectively and efficiently in this lesson plan from Common Sense Education. How can students search the web so that the results are reliable, safe, and factual? Use the step-by-step tutorial in this resource...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Kids: Animations: What Is a Series Circuit?

3rd - 8th
Narrated animation that visually explains how wiring a set of batteries in series increases voltage. (30 secs) Uses Quicktime.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Kids: Animations: How Does a Blimp Float?

3rd - 8th
Narrated animation that visually explains how the air displaced by a blimp causes a buoyant force that gives the blimp lift. (30 secs)
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Kids: Animations: How Does a Lever Work?

3rd - 8th
PBS Kids: Animations: How Does a Lever Work?
Instructional Video
Science for Kids

Science Kids: Human Body Videos: Circulatory System

5th - 9th
Narrated animation showing how the heart and the circulatory system transport blood throughout the body. (Length: 1 min. 8 sec.)
Instructional Video
Science for Kids

Science Kids: Experiment Videos: Proving Co2 Is Heavier Than Air

5th - 9th
Check out this cool science experiment video to see proof that carbon dioxide is heavier than air. [1:12]
Instructional Video
Science for Kids

Science Kids: Experiment Videos: When a Balloon Won't Pop

2nd - 8th
Watch this video and see the difference water can make as it absorbs the heat from the flame before the balloon can pop. [3:48]
Instructional Video
Science for Kids

Science Kids: Experiment Videos: Flying Tea Bag Experiment

6th - 9th
See how a simple tea bag turns into a rocket with the help of heat convection. [1:24]
Instructional Video
Science for Kids

Science Kids: Experiment Videos: Toilet Paper Experiment

1st - 9th
This funny toilet paper experiment shows what happens if you place one end of the toilet paper roll in the toilet of a plane and then roll the rest down the aisle, and then flush. [1:11]
Instructional Video
Science for Kids

Science Kids: Astronaut Videos: Water in Space

1st - 9th
Watch Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield soak a wash cloth with water, and then wring it out in space. [3:18]
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Creating a Key for a Pie Chart: Lesson 6

5th - 8th
This video lesson [2:48] goes over the steps for creating a key to go with a pie chart. It is 6 of 7 in the series titled "Creating a Key for a Pie Chart."
Instructional Video
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Finding Surface Area With Squares: Lesson 6

6th - 8th
Following this lesson, you'll be able to use squares to find the total surface area of a figure. It is 6 of 7 in the series titled "Finding Surface Area with Squares."