History Channel - Biography: Lord Byron Part 2 of 5
NOTE: Educators/Parents: Because of the nature of Lord Byron's life. this biography is suitable for older high school students only. An episode of the series Biography on History Channel dedicated to Lord Byron and produced in 2004. 'George Gordon Byron, later Noel, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale FRS (22 January 1788– 19 April 1824) was a British poet and a leading figure in Romanticism. Among Byron's best-known works are the brief poems 'She Walks in Beauty', 'When We Two Parted,' and 'So, We'll
100 Greatest People - Friedrich Nietzsche - 03/04
Video continues with Nietzsche’s life in Switzerland. In this episode they discuss the madness that Nietzsche suffered from. Nietzsche was drugged and sent to live with his mother, here he died. Video then discusses the books that Nietzsche had written during his life. Picture does not change. Video is appropriate for high school students.Â
How to Teach Piano to Kids: Basic Beats for Children's Piano Lessons Expert Village video. This lesson is taught by Hope Wells. How to teach rhythm to children, including tips for making it fun.  Good quality video.Â
How to Teach Piano to Kids: How to Teach Children About the Music Staff
Expert Village video. This lesson is taught by Hope Wells. Video teaches the music staff to children, including tips for making it fun.  Video teaches children how to read sheet music. Good quality video. Video would be good for any age student who is learning to play the piano.
How to Teach Piano to Kids: Tips for Teaching Music to Children
Expert Village video. This lesson is taught by Hope Wells. How to teach music to children, video reminds parent what to do when teaching another person. This video includes tips and techniques for making it fun. (3:10)
The Giants of Philosophy - Arthur Schopenhauer - 10/18
'Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher known for his atheistic pessimism and philosophical clarity' (Arthur Schopenhauer, Wikipedia, 2009). He was influenced by Plato and Kant, and he, in turn, inlfuenced Einstein, Freud, and Jung among others. Suitable for high school students. Video consists of one still image and narration.
ON THE SUFFERINGS OF THE WORLD - Arthur Schopenhauer; Philosopher
'Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher known for his atheistic pessimism and philosophical clarity' (Arthur Schopenhauer, Wikipedia, 2009). He was influenced by Plato and Kant, and he, in turn, inlfuenced Einstein, Freud, and Jung among others. Suitable for high school students. Video consists of one still image and narration.
Elmo's Potty Time: Sesame Street
Elmo and his father sing and dance to an upbeat blues tune.
Hickory Dickory Dock - Song
A cartoon animation of the classic nursery rhyme, Hickory Dickory Dock. Â The words appear on the screen as the song is sung. Â Fair animation. Â (:37)
Subject Pronouns
Brief lesson on subject pronouns. Subject pronouns are words like I, you, he, she, it, they.(1:00)
Subjective Pronouns
This is just an excerpt from the entire video. The entire video can be viewed at mindbites.com/lesson/2851. The setting of the video clip is at a candle-lit dinner party with friends. In the clip she talks about the dinner quests and shows ways to shorten sentences by using one pronoun as the subject.
Color Changing Flowers (Science)
Have you ever had a hard time trying to find science projects with your children were here is a fun science activity that don't require a lot of items. This is maybe something that you think can't happen but just from three different objects just to put them together can make a colorful change in science.
Math Made Easy: Fractions: Parts of a Whole (Part 1)
In this video, the instructor shows how breaking a whole into a few parts gives a few large pieces, and how breaking a whole in several parts gives you several smaller pieces. Suitable for third-grade students and older.
National Geographic-River Catfish
In this video students will witness Zeb Hogan, an aquatic ecologist, identify, track, and try to protect the largest freshwater fish in the world. This river catfish is one of the fish that Zeb's Megafishes Project is working to protect. The caught fish weighs about 70 pounds and almost 5 feet in length. They have a slimy skin with no scales. The fish is tagged and released. Fisherman who catch the fish again help to track where the fish has traveled. (2:53)
National Geographic-High and Dry-Mudskippers
In this video students will the witness the mudskipper and learn how itis the only fish to spend most of its time on land instead of in the water! They walk, eat, and court on land. They carry water in their gill chambers to enable them to breathe in the air. They have amazing vision with their eyes on top of their heads. When a mudskipper shows it fin, it is ready for a fight. This is a great teaching resource for elementary/middle school students and would work well in conjunction with a scien
Primitive Insects of the Congaree Swamp
Congaree Swamp provides a variety of habitats for its diverse plant and animal inhabitants. This video segment from NatureScene focuses
on some of the insects that inhabit still or slow-moving aquatic
environments. Travel with host Jim Welch and naturalist Rudy Mancke to observe a recently emerged dragonfly, a zebra swallowtail butterfly
feeding on clover, and a clubtail dragonfly eating a mayfly. Also see
the bright blue compound eyes of the primitive hero darner and
Capitalization of Businesses and Organizations
This video reinforces the need to capitalize the names of businesses and organizations such as schools. Specific examples of how to do this are given. Then, students have the opportunity to correct capitalization mistakes in some additional examples that are given.
Using So and Too
This brief lesson tells how to correctly use the words "so" and "too". A variety of examples of sentences using these words are presented. "So" and "too" are used in affirmative statements.
Orbitals
Instructor talks briefly about the theories of Bohr and introduces orbitals.  Instructor uses his computer screen and different colors to educate students. Instructor says this video series introduces information covered in a first-year high school course in chemistry.
How Electronic Microscopes Show Atoms
Atoms make up the very structure of all things and this 1:46 long video shows a microscope powerful enough to show how atoms are arranged on the surface. Diamond atoms are featured.
