The History of American Literature-Melville & Dickinson
This program explores the famous literary works of Melville & Dickinson. Expert discusses these authors and the meaning of their works.
Nature by Numbers
A movie inspired on numbers, geometry and nature. Music helps sets the tone. A great way to get students interested in geometry and see it in nature. Would be a great start to a research project or sharing idea of where there are other examples.
Bisecting a Line Segment The instructor uses an electronic chalkboard to demonstrate how to bisect a line segment. One example is modeled using astep by step approach to walk the learner through the process of bisecting the line segment by using a compass and ruler.
Constructing a Line Segment
This video explains how to construct a line segment. When constructing a line segment, we use a compass and straightedge to first draw a ray or line and then a point that will serve as an endpoint of the new segment. Next, we measure the given segment with a compass and make a mark with the pencil end. Without changing the spacing of the compass, place the sharp end of the compass on the point drawn on the new line/ray, and make a mark on the line/ray. This is our line segment.(2:02)
Constructing a Perpendicular Bisector
When looking at a line segment, there is only one line that will pass through the midpoint that will be a constant distance between the two endpoints. This line is called the perpendicular bisector. This video explains how to construct the perpendicular bisector by first finding the midpoint of the line segment and then using a compass and straight edge to draw the perpendicular line. (1:29)
Constructing a Perpendicular
The shortest distance between a point not on a line and a line is along the perpendicular to the line. This video describes how constructing a perpendicular to a line uses the same process as constructing the perpendicular bisector of a line segment, but with one additional step. The first step is to swing an arc from the point and intersect the line in two places, which creates a segment that can be bisected. (2:06)
The History of Print
A photo collage history of print, the printing press, and journalism. No narration. This was made for a project for UC Santa Cruz Performative Technologies.
The Five Themes of Geography
In this video, students will learn about geography terms--absolute and relative location (longitude and latitude), cultural and physical place characteristics, environment, and more. Very good visuals and examples are given. This is a great resource to help build background knowledge and to help make real world connections in the classroom. (2:31)
Facts of Congress - Lobbyists
Provides a brief description of the role lobbyists play in informing Congress on specific issues and the will of the people. Appropriate for classroom use, ...
American Falls from Above-American Side
From the LOC collection-Part of Edison's "New Niagara Falls series: The following subjects were all taken on the latest and most improved clear stock during December 1896, and should not be confounded with former negatives, which were not entirely satisfactory."
Learn To Write Numbers 0 to 20
Models of writing numerals from zero to 20. Arrows and dots are used to show students how to form the numerals. Graphics and animation are very clear and well paced. When the numeral is complete, a graphic comes up with the number of objects the numeral represents. D'Neilian style is used. (6:57)
Expanded Notation - by StudyJams
Expanded notation, also called expanded form, is a handy way to write numbers that shows the place value of each digit. It looks like an addition problem and will help you break numbers down and understand their place value. Learn more about expanded notation with this step-by-step, interactive video from StudyJams. A short, self-checking quiz is also included with this link.
Potential Energy: Wile E Coyote & Roadrunner
Excellent examples of elastic and gravitational potential energy are then converted to kinetic energy, as shown in this classic Roadrunner episode. (01:23)
Acting Tips : Basic Emotions
The basic emotions are crucial to portray in a realistic way as the foundation of being a good actor. Practice mastering basic emotional responses. (2:11)
Homes and Houses
This video is a slide show that presents vocabulary related to homes, houses and buildings. The words are written and and read out twice.
What Is Broadcast Journalism?
Broadcast journalism used to be restricted to TV and radio
only, but now the Internet plays an integral role in the field of
broadcasting the news through blogs, videos and station Web sites.
A former TV news anchors explains the the definition of broadcast journalism with insider information in this clip. Words shown on bottom of screen as we see the head shot of the CEO speaking. (1:13)
Web Site Evaluation
Short video shows how to evaluate a web site for quality. It discusses all the important points for evaluating a website for crediability. (1:53)
Evaluating Web Sources with the Library Fairy
Students at St. Kate's learn about evaluating web sources with the beloved Library Fairy. They learn that you need to check how current the page is, who is the authority behind the page, is the page accurate, and to check for bias. (1:55)
Evaluating Websites
This video is in a PowerPoint style. It discusses how to evaluate websites for accuracy. (7:08)
Evaluating Web Sites Tutorial
This tutorial covers how to evaluate websites for credibility. It discusses the differences between the different domains and how to check to get the best information.













