Curated Video
Reporting - Safety and Abuse Tool
Keep your charges safe online with instruction on how to report problems on YouTube. After providing learners with information on the Safety and Abuse Tool, demonstrate how to use the tool and discuss the feature. In groups, learners...
Teach Engineering
The Grand Challenge
Magnetic resonance imaging, just how safe is it? The introduction to unit study of magnetic resonance imaging technology presents the grand challenge questions of how an MRI machine works, the risks involved, the physics involved,...
Teach Engineering
Storing Android Accelerometer Data: App Design
There's an app for that! Pupils learn to build an app that will store data on an Android. The instructional activity introduces class members to the tiny database, TinyDB, for Android devices. A video tutorial provides an...
Teach Engineering
How Antibiotics Work
Take two pills and call me in the morning. The first lesson in a short unit of four introduces class members to delivery methods of medicines. The instruction introduces the question of which delivery method is best to get you feeling...
Curated Video
What Makes YouTube Unique
Start off a unit on YouTube with an introduction to the service and all that it offers. Learners watch various video clips before participating in a brief discussion about YouTube. The plan includes an activity based around...
Lesson Planet
EdTech Tuesday: CommonCore
Check the standards whenever you please! Jennifer and Rich present an app that easily navigates the Common Core State Standards. They walk step-by-step through how to find the exact standard you're looking for by searching by grade and...
The Great War
The Sky Was The Limit - Aviation in World War 1
Is the sky the limit? Advances in aviation during World War I brought the limit much closer than before. Countries around the world were affected by flight in the Great War, including adapting by changing tactical locations and patterns.
TED-Ed
Visualizing the World's Twitter Data
Watch as Jer Thorp, former analyst for the New York Times, presents models of human behavior based on Twitter activity. Use the video to show your class the impact and scale of social media during a technology unit. The presenter is...
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.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Content on Khan Academy
Get an overview of the breadth of subjects Khan Academy offers. See the kind of exercises, quizzes, unit tests and videos we have. Learn how former teachers and subject matter experts create our standards aligned content.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Teaching Tips: Watch Together (Odd Squad)
A 1st grade teacher uses a clip from Odd Squad to demonstrate measurement to her class. Students watch how Odd Squad agents use measurement to defeat the Hydroclops. They also model good mathematical practices such as being precise and...