How to Speak Spanish : Knowing Common Polite Expressions in Spanish
Learn from our very own expert how to speak common polite Spanish expressions in this free language video on learning how to speak Spanish.
How to Speak Spanish : How to Speak Spanish Using Gratitude & Requests
Learn how to speak Spanish with common phrases covering gratitude and requests in this free language video on learning how to speak Spanish.
Perimeter
How to define perimeter and calculate it for squares, rectangles, and circles. video ends before completion and asks viewer to go to web site to finish watching the video.
School, School, School by Peter Weatherall
Three singing worms teach young learners what to bring to school. The words appear on the screen as they are being sung.
Pollination and Fertilization
Insects usually assist in the fertilization of flowering plants. Fertilization occurs when one sperm nucleus fuses with the egg nucleus. Other sperms form the endosperm by fusing with egg cells. Short video clip discusses pollinators and parts of the flower like the male stigma, female stamen, ovary and embryo. Run time 01:50
World’s Most Powerful Lasers
This four minute video shows the National Ignition Facility, where an enormous 192-beam laser bay may become capable of fusing hydrogen atoms into helium - creating an endless, clean source of energy. Excellent graphics help students understand how lasers and astro phyics work
Be Human Calculator
In just 4 minutes, this video shows how one can learn to calculate faster than any calculator. Your can power-up your weak Math muscle and turn it into a bulging bicep. This video gives great directions on how to follow the steps given on the screen. (02:45)
The Sunbelt
The "Sunbelt," as it came to be known, was the most popular destination for Americans seeking to relocate their families. The Sunbelt is the belt of states stretching from Virginia south through Florida, west to Texas and northwest through California.
The Constitution Project: Checks and Balances
The Constitution Project: Checks and Balances is a two minute video. This is about who gets the power and how the Framers fear of a president becoming a king is one reason for the checks and balance system. 02:08 run time
The Declaration of Independence: The Why of It
The Declaration of Independence is the topic of this three and a half minute video. To many in the Continental Congress, war was unthinkable. So why did they finally create this revolutionary document? This video is very motivating and raises some interesting questions about how it came to be. Students should have copy of the Declaration to best understand the video
Learning Latin with Virgil - Pt. 5
Learning Latin with Virgil is a completely new and original Latin video series. It hopes to bring you engaging, effective and regular lessons to enhance your knowledge and enjoyment of Latin. In this series, the emphasis is on understanding the Latin you read, not on translating it. The course centers around the characters and the stories of the great epic work of Virgil, the Aeneid.
Coordinating Conjunctions
In this animated video to decipher Dark Marker's message, the Pentastic Four travel to 1776 in search of clues. Dotty introduces F.A.N.B.O.Y.S., an acronym used to remember each of the coordinating conjunctions.
Personification in Music
This video instructor uses popular songs to demonstrate how personification is used in songs. The personification examples are underlined in the songs to identify them. An educator could challenge the students to look for other examples of personification in the songs that they listen to. This video is suitable for middle school and high school students.
Participial Adjectives -ing/-ed Part 1
Participial Adjectives (a.k.a. verbal adjectives, participles as noun modifiers, -ing/-ed adjectives). This teacher made video uses DVDs and her personal reviews to make up sentences with participal adjectives. (9:51)
Periods and Commas
This powerpoint teaches full stops (periods) and commas. The narrator reads the slides quickly. Â It is interactive asking where commas and periods belong and then showing the correct answers on the screen. The slides contain a great deal of text. Â (2:13)
How and When to use Periods
This lesson is an ecerpt of a basic punctuation course. The narrator in this video discusses the four different ways to use a period within a sentence in a lake setting. To view the full video go to mindbites.com/lesson/2953.
Reconstruction and the "New South"
Video discusses what happened after the Civil War, the South followed the lead of the North to discover new economic opportunites during Reconstruction.
Indian Resistance to Relocation
This video is accompanied by text. "Warfare was constant between whites and Indians in the late nineteenth century, as Native Americans fought to protect their land and their heritage from white encroachment. Although they had the benefit of state-of-the-art weapons (repeating rifles obtained from fur traders), they were up against formidable U.S. forces.
As the dust settled from the Civil War, soldiers from both sides of that conflict were ready to step into another fray..."
The Fun of Misplaced Modifiers
This student created presentation shows examples of incorrectly used modifiers and how to correct them. Rules on how to avoid misplaced and dangling modifiers are also given.
Poetic Techniques in Popular Songs
This video offers descriptions and musical examples of similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration, assonance, and onomatopoeia. First, the video instructor gives the definition in words on the screen; then the music and appropriate images follow. For middle school and high school students.
