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EdTech Tuesday: Adguard AdBlocker
Eliminate those irritating and sometimes inappropriate ads from videos and projection screens with an app that can be installed on your Chrome Internet browser. Learn how to install and use the blocker in this short video.
Educreations
Uses of Radioactivity
Radioactivity is often perceived as dangerous and a threat to our well-being, but you may be surprised at the different applications of this natural chemical process. From the smoke detectors in our homes to treatments for cancer,...
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Chemistry Lesson: Compound Unit Conversions
Searching for a way to enhance your classroom chemistry curriculum? A short video segment offers detailed instructions for how to convert compound units, such as miles/hour or milligrams/mL. The worksheet included prompts learners to...
TED-Ed
A Call to Invention: DIY Speaker Edition
Can you build a homemade speaker out of a potato chip? Bestselling author and do-it-yourself expert William Gurstelle shows you how in his brief presentation at TEDYouth 2012. He encourages young people to be creative and explore...
Periodic Videos
Gold and Casio Watch
A piece of gold walks into a classroom and the teacher says, "Au, get out." Observe the process of gold plating a cheap watch to better understand the properties of gold. Throughout the experiment, the professor shares the history, uses,...
Crash Course Kids
A Case of "What-Ifs"
Do your pupils ever get the case of the What-Ifs? If so, maybe they're meant to be an engineer. Engineers are encouraged to ask a lot of hypothetical questions! Find out why and what they do with their answers...
Crash Course Kids
Fixing Failure Points
How do engineers find and fix failure points in a solution they're trying to develop? This is the driving question of an informative and entertaining video. Here, future engineers discover why it is important to fail when...
Crash Course
Copyright, Exceptions, and Fair Use
Why have courts declared the Fair Use clause the most troublesome in copyright law? Does this clause mean that teachers can use copyrighted materials for educational purposes? What are the exceptions to copyright enforcement? Find...
C-SPAN
On This Day: Creation of the World Wide Web
Most modern-day individuals have access to the Internet in some form. Academics learn about the creation of the World Wide Web from its inventor Tim Berners-Lee. The thought-provoking resource shares Berners-Lee's thoughts on how he...
Crash Course
Biomaterials: Crash Course Engineering #24
Let materials science come alive in your classroom. Scholars learn about biomaterials by watching an engaging video. They see how titanium, polyurethane, hydrogels, and other materials are used in medicine and bioengineering.
Deep Look
This Pulsating Slime Mold Comes in Peace (ft. It's Okay to Be Smart)
Can you name an organism that isn't a plant, animal, or fungus? Here's a hint: each cell contains thousands of nuclei. Slime mold may not have any appendages, but their movements fascinate scientists. The video focuses on these unique...
National Science Foundation
Science of the Winter Olympic Games: Olympic Movement and Robotic Design
Here is a high-interest topic to inspire your engineering class: robots that can learn. These particular machines imitate the motion of athletes headed for the Olympic Winter Games. Hear from a professor of dynamics, systems, and control...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
E. Coli Infection Strategy
While most strains of E. coli exist harmlessly inside our digestive tracts, some strains cause serious illness and even death. Watch the infection strategy of E. coli as it attacks a cell. The animation shares both what happens inside...
Lesson Planet
EdTech Tuesday: Todo K-2 Math Practice
Support your youngsters as they learn basic math skills by providing this app! Jennifer and Rich demonstrate how to practice addition and subtraction and use the app's main features.
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EdTech Tuesday: Hopscotch
Start your class out with some kid-friendly coding! Jennifer and Rich present Hopscotch, an app that asks learners to play around and create code to animate fun characters.
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EdTech Tuesday: Polldaddy
Looking for an easy way to create surveys or polls for your pupils or colleagues? This might be just the app for you! Watch as Jennifer and Rich walk you through how to set up an account, get started with your survey, check out your...
Lesson Planet
EdTech Tuesday: BirdBrain Technologies with Tom Lauwers
"Computer science and engineering design are things that all students will need to engage with as early as possible..." You'll be inspired to see what Roboticist Tom Lauwers of BirdBrain Technologies, LLC, is doing for education,...
Lesson Planet
EdTech Tuesday: Make Beliefs Comix
An iPad, a free app, or a free website are all kids need to create comic strips that tell stories, recount events, or express feelings. Rich and Jennifer discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the app, as well as model how to use this...
Lesson Planet
EdTech Tuesday: Becoming a Lead Learner with Todd Nesloney
How is a fifth-grade teacher with no administrative experience planning to transform a low socioeconomic school as its principal or "lead learner" using project-based learning?
TED-Ed
How a Few Scientists Transformed the Way We Think About Disease
During the first few sniffles of a cold, you can't help wondering where you picked up the illness. Watch an Ed Ted video that details the difference between miasma theory and germ theory, and the ways that Dr. John Snow's research...
Google
Be Positive
Be the solution to the problems you see in the world! Middle schoolers watch a short video from Google and learn the importance of contributing to a positive Internet community, rather than being a part of the negativity.
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Chemistry Lesson: The Mole (Avogadro's Number)
Avagodro's number (The Mole) ... you are not researching that cute little mole on your cheek! Avagodro's number refers to The Mole, a vital component to chemistry. This video segment will discuss the mole and further elaborate on...
California Academy of Science
How Do We Meet the Growing Need for Water?
Some aquifers took thousands of years to collect water, yet they have been depleted in only a hundred years. Viewers learn about where humans use water and the serious concerns for the future of the water supply in the second of 10...
TED-Ed
Epic Engineering: Building the Brooklyn Bridge
Sometimes bridge building is a family business. An enlightening video describes the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge and the engineering principles behind suspension bridges. Viewers also learn about the people who led the project,...