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Curated OER

Adding Flowers

Pre-K - K
Reinforce counting and early adding skills by singing a counting song. Flowers on the door step 1-2-3! The song counts three flowers then counts three more, when added together there are six.
Instructional Video6:49
PBS

Dimetrodon: Our Most Unlikely Ancestor

6th - 12th Standards
Dimetrodon lived before flowers, and people often believe it was a dinosaur. Research, however, proves a different story. An informative video teaches more about the dimetrodon, a mammal often confused for a reptile. It explains the...
Instructional Video3:49
Steve Spangler Science

Helmet Safety - Cool Science Fair Project

2nd - 10th
Here is a very important demonstration on why it's so important to wear helmets when doing any kind of high speed activity. A third grader's science fair project tested four different types of helmet: football, ski, skateboard, and...
Instructional Video4:16
TED-Ed

What Causes Economic Bubbles?

8th - 12th Standards
What do tulips, real estate, and stock in a pet store have in common? Find out what happens when products or services sell for much more than they are worth.
Instructional Video1:04
Steve Spangler Science

The Coin Drop - Sick Science! #005

7th - 12th
A simple activity visually demonstrates Newton's first law of motion to your physical science fanatics! Placing an index card atop a glass cup and a penny on top of that, they can flick the card away and the penny will drop straight...
Instructional Video1:00
Curated OER

Erupting Volcano - Sick Science! #070

3rd - 6th
Create your own volcano using this recipe for fun. Using yeast, hydrogen peroxide and water, your class can make their own volcanoes. This is an easy way to illustrate this natural phenomenon as well as chemical reactions.
Instructional Video1:08
Steve Spangler Science

Homemade Ice Cream - Sick Science! #041

1st - 6th
Here is the recipe for making ice cream in a couple of zip-top plastic bags. It is a fun way to demonstrate phase changes, especially when the weather is hot! Use this in your elementary science curriculum when introducing the states of...
Instructional Video1:10
Steve Spangler Science

Make Your Own Compass - Sick Science! #072

4th - 6th
Have your class create their own compass. Using a needle, a container of water and a magnet, have learners explore magnetism. They will love making this useful tool and it will reinforce the fact that Earth has a magnetic field.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Vi Hart: Doodling in Math: Spirals, Fibonacci (Part 2 of 3)

9th - 10th
Video explaining the principle by which plants arrange their flowers in order to maximize the gathering of sunlight, which relates to the Fibonacci series. [6:14]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Doodling in Math: Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant [2 of 3]

9th - 10th
Video explaining the principle by which plants arrange their flowers in order to maximize the gathering of sunlight, which relates to the Fibonacci series.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Great Mystic Virupa

9th - 10th
Virupa is shown as an unorthodox figure with bulging eyes, a bushy beard, a large nose, and an expressive face. He wears flowers in his hair and a meditation band around his knee to keep his limbs in place during prolonged meditation....
Instructional Video
Bozeman Science

Bozeman Science: Information Exchange

9th - 10th
Paul Andersen explains how organisms use information to communicate with each other. Signals are used by bees doing the waggle dance to communicate the location of flowers. Territorial markings are used by wolves to establish territory....