Curated OER
Grover Jumps for Joy
Jumping is a great way to exercise and show happiness! Grover shows viewers how he can jump...and sometimes fall over in exhaustion. Encourage children to jump along with Grover to stay healthy and express their feelings!
TED-Ed
What is McCarthyism? And how did it happen?
Who was Joseph McCarthy and why is his name synonymous with witch hunts? What were the factors that permitted the political repression of the 1950s to flourish? Could the same thing happen today? An intriguing video traces the rise and...
Curated OER
How to Carve a Pumpkin
Tis the season to carve a pumpkin! Prior to hosting a pumpkin carving contest, you can show this instructional video to your students. Ethan Bartley, a middle school student, demonstrates the different steps he took to carve his pumpkin...
Crash Course Kids
Following the Sun
Find out why your shadow looks different at various times of the day with a short earth science video. Young scientists learn about what a shadow is, why it grows longer or shorter over the course of a day, and why it points in...
Curated OER
How to Draw a Portrait
Knowing how to draw a portrait is one of the basic skills of art. Watch this video to see eight simple steps of drawing a portrait. Try watching this video while drawing your own portraits.
TED-Ed
What is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle?
Not sure how to introduce young physicists to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principal? Well this short video is a great place to start, as it explains how the particle and wave nature of matter makes it impossible to know both the...
TED-Ed
Why Should You Read Tolstoy's "War and Peace"?
The famous length of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace — 15 books and 365 chapters — presents a real challenge for many readers and their teachers. So why bother? Use a short video that argues for a reading of an unabridged...
Curated OER
How To Do Pinch Harmonics
What are pinch harmonics? Learn how to do them and what they sound like with this video.
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...
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Good Thinking!: Falling 101
Watch this professional development video to help prepare lessons so that students can understand about gravity, inertia. and air resistance. [9:51]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Acceleration Due to Gravity: Lesson 4
This lesson introduces the concepts of acceleration due to gravity and free fall. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Acceleration Due to Gravity."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Astronomy: Brown Dwarfs
While Jupiter is nowhere near massive enough to initiate fusion in its core, there are even more massive objects out there that fall short of that achievement, and they are called brown dwarfs. Brown dwarfs have a mass that places them...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: Song: I Wonder
Ernie sings a song about wondering. He wonders why a falling star falls and where it goes when it falls. Sometimes he wonders how and why bumblebees fly. This video teaches questioning and observation. [1:52]
National Archives (UK)
The National Archives: Tudors
Watch this series of film clips that focuses on the Daniell's family as an example of the rise and fall of gentry in their alliances with more powerful families in Tudor society.
Crash Course
Crash Course Astronomy #34: Binary and Multiple Stars
Stellar mass black holes form when a very massive star dies, and its core collapses. Black holes come in different sizes, but for all of them, the escape velocity is greater than the speed of light, so nothing can escape, not matter or...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Follow a Problem as It Develops in a Story
In this lesson, you will learn how readers track a character's problem by asking "Is the problem getting better or worse? How?" [4:05]
PBS
Pbs: About the Seasons
A short video explaining the seasons and how nature changes within the year. Video also discusses how we change to adapt to the different seasons. [3:00]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Acceleration Due to Gravity & Constant Acceleration: Lesson 2
This lesson explains how the acceleration due to gravity is related to constant acceleration. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Acceleration Due to Gravity & Constant Acceleration."
