Photo credit: Bethany Lau I love creative writing assignments for processing newly acquired knowledge. Mrs. Lau fondly remembers when her 9th grade teacher assigned this, and she located her original story to share on-line. Save Save
Photo credit: They Might Be Giants I Can Add is a nice song, from They Might Be Giants, to teach kids about addition. Bonus: part of this song is sung in Spanish too. Save Save
Photo credit: Mya, The Full Time Kid Mya, the Full Time Kid, has put together this fantastic video showing a trick for other kids to learn an easy way to remember how to multiply by 9’s. Save Save
Photo credit: StoryBots “We are the Planets” is a brief 2 minute music video that provides a nice break in the class while still teaching content. Primarily, students will learn about the planets in the solar system. I like to show this when students make a scale model of the solar system. Extra bonuses from […]
Photo credit: StoryBots “Time to Shine” is a brief 2 minute music video that provides a nice break in the class while still teaching content. Primarily, students will learn that the light from the sun reflects off of the moon and onto the Earth. They will also see how each object orbit the other in […]
Photo credit: TestTubeGames Velocity Raptor is a challenging and fun game to play to learn not only about velocity, but also about relativity, and the effects that occur in relation to the change of an object’s velocity. This is very engaging! Save
Photo credit: TestTubeGames Agent Higgs is a great game (developed by TestTubeGames) that will help students learn about particle physics. Your job is to help keep the elusive Agent Higgs hidden, using a growing knowledge of particle physics. Each level teaches students about a new attribute of atomic particles which will be used in that […]
Photo credit: TestTubeGames The Fittest is an interesting game (developed by TestTubeGames) which teaches students that things like radiation cause individual changes in the genes (which adjust the outcome of the appearance and functionality of the next generation). The genes of the winning constructs are used as the basis for the next generation’s structure. Students […]
Photo credit: Toy Theater Sticker Movies is a game (developed by Toy Theater) to teach students how to make animations. Kids can pick a background for a setting, characters, and then begin recording. Animations can last up to 30 minutes. Recording will not pick up the cursor when filming. Students can move their characters, flip […]
Photo credit: kobrienSPS This video clip provides a nice straightforward explanation of how to construct a cladogram, and a description of what it is.