7 Wonders of Utah: The Salt Lake Temple and Tabernacle StandardNET Live video. Video gives a history of the Salt Lake Temple and Tabernacle. Video discusses how the Salt Lake Temple was built and how important it is to the state. Video also discusses how many people and countries were involved in the building of the Temple. The Temple was not open until 40 years after it was begun. Video is of good quality. Video is appropriate for elementary and middle school. (2"04)
Henry VIII 's Wives - Catherine of Aragon
This episode shows Catherine's arrival in England on 2nd October 1501 and her marriage to Prince Arthur, followed by his death. The play continues through her Widowhood, showing her difficulties at Henry VII's Court. On his death in 1509, Henry VIII proposed marriage and King and Queen were crowned together on 24th June 1509. The play then follows the torment surrounding their difficulties in begetting children, and the infamous annulment of their marriage union.
Video Production: iMOVIE: Basic Editing
Once you have your video in clips on the computer, you need to start putting it together. Learn the basics of video editing with iMovie. The principals are the same for most video editing software.
Learn German Vegetables
Learn the German words for vegetables. You will hear the words in German and see the German word on the screen and then the word in English will appear on the screen. This is great for beginning language learners.
Rick Lavoie: Social Skills & LD
Rick Lavoie talks about the importance of teaching a child with LD the necessary social skills to build solid friendships. (5:55)
A Call To Action For The Forest
A short video about the Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic in Colorado and a proposal to save some trees in the wild. Run time 13:37
Daylight Saving Time
This video uses computer animation, simple narration, and humor to help explain why we have daylight saving time. It also addresses the history behind it all and how it relates to our days and seasons. Run time 02:55.
Amazing and Unusual Insects
Slide show with music will show you lots of strange and amazing insects. Wide assortment of specimens.All images are labeled with the name of the insect. Music is for older students but images could be used with younger students as well. Grades K-12. 5:39.
English Vocabulary Lessons-Insects
This video helps to improve English vocabulary and pronunciation. This video focuses on insects. A matching picture(ladybug, dragonfly, butterfly, etc.) is shown as the commentator states the picture. This is good resource for English as Second Language Learners, our youngest learners (insect unit), and our special education students (2:10).
Planar X-Rays Images
Man is having X-rays take of his skull. The radiologist explains what is happening at each step, and then describes how the X-ray images are produced. Grades 5-12. Includes closed captioning. 2:46 min.
Carl Sagan on Human Brain
In this video, which is suitable for older middle-school and high school students, Carl Sagan discusses the human brain.
Breakdown of Blood Retinal Barrier In Diabetic Retinopathy
Description of how the retinal pigmented epithelial cells maintain the barrier between blood and the retinal tissue. Simple animation with text and computer generated narration. Grades 9-12. 1:13 min.
The True Story Of The Three Little Pigs (Teaching Point of View)
The true story of the three little pigs. Alexander T. Wolf tells his part of the story. He says he’s really a nice guy.
CVC Words and Silent E
This is a demonstration showing how Phonic Faces cards can be used to show the rule of short vowels, and how a silent "e" changes the vowel to a long vowel sound. Models a strategy for teaching CVC and CVCsilet"e" rule. Story is a bit long for young children. Teacher adds "uh" to some initial consonants which can be confusing for some learners. (1:25)
How to Correct Painting Mistakes
How do you make up for the little mistakes in your painting? To fix it use paper towel or a rag if you are working in oils you have a few hours to correct your mistakes. If the paper towel gets saturated grab more. (1:45)
Watercolor Painting Using Brushes
You can use the brush as a stamp. English captions. (1:04)
Chemical Bonds
The differences between ionic and covalent bonds are explained by the use of scientific models and examples from nature. The periodic table predicts which elements will bond and how those bonds will form. All elements want to reach a stable electron configuration. Energy is stored in chemical bonds and released when these bonds are broken.
A Bond is a Bond, Right? (Ionic and Covalent Bonding)
This computer animated chemistry video about the similarities and differences between ionic and covalent bonding. The music playing in the background is titled "Meet the Elements" by They Might Be Giants. Run time 05:23.
Tom Lehrer's 'The Elements'
This video features Tom Lerher's song about the elements. The amination adds to the video as the animation highlights the words (elements) as they are being sung. Suitable for high-school chemistry students.
Colons and Semicolons with Sentences
Jane Straus answers questions about colons and semicolons. The lesson is quite brief and is a short excerpt only.
