Teen Violence
It may shock you to know that one out of every eleven teens reports being hit or physically hurt by a boyfriend or girlfriend in the past twelve months. But why is that, and how can we change it? In this video, parents talk with teens about developing healthy, respectful relationships before they start dating. Video explains what abuse means and what can be done about it, as well as warning signs for parents. 4:28 min.
How Music Works 1 - Melody - Part 1
Narrator is Howard Goodall. Melody is music’s most powerful tool when it comes to touching our emotions. Tunes touch our deepest emotions, and are capable of inspiring love, sorrow, faith, and hope. Video discusses vocabulary associated with melody, pentatonic which is the five black keys on the piano. There are three main elements to melody: notes you choose, how high or low the notes are, and the pattern they make one after the other
Awesome VIP Jet Pack
Shows a jet pack in operation. No information is offered. At best this would be a good video to start action-reaction studies or to motivate students to look for inventions of their own.
Madison vs. Marbury: Judicial Review and Checks and Balances
This short video reviews the Marbury vs. Madison case. At the time of the case, James Madison was the Secretary of State. Another man named William Marbury was one of the midnight judges appointed by John Adams in his final days as the president. Marbury needed commission in order to start work as a judge, but Madison refused to grant the document, and then the U.S Supreme Court got involved. The Court ruled that the law that the law under which Marbury's commission was authorized should be over
March on Washington
This video is accompanied by text. "While campaigning for the White House in 1960, John F. Kennedy made the pledge that civil rights would take center stage during his presidency. Kennedy guaranteed that discriminatory practices in housing would be done away with at the start of his term "with a stroke of a pen." Once in office, the results of his pledge were much less dramatic. In fact, the process took nearly two years to complete; all the while civil rights groups were sending pens to the Whi
Learn about The Wright Brothers First Airplanes 1903
Learn about The Wright Brothers First Airplanes 1903 in this educational video from dizzo95. Be aware of violent ad to start video. Uses primary film. Veru short video. Best used to show students what the plan looked like.
How to Draw a Cartoon Horse
This expert, Matt Moskal, keeps it simple by drawing basic shapes to create animals. Start with a rectangle head, add cartoon eyes, triangle ears, draw the neck and into the feet and body. English captions. (1:55)
How to Start an Oil Painting
Don't know where or how to start? Look again at your image-add some mineral spirits to your brush so the pain is not thick. Choose a corner and start to block it in. English captions. (2:17)
How to Make an Aquarium Out of a Plastic Bottle
A craftsmans explains how to make a small aquarium out of a plastic bottle. He give instructions to simply peel off the bottle label, cut off the top of the bottle, fill it with rocks and vegetation, and pour water over its contents. This recycled aquarium that can become the home of a small goldfish.
Love You Forever- In ASL
Student-Created Video-The popular children's story, Love You Forever, by Robert Munsch in American Sign Language. The story is voiced while being signed but no text or illustrations are used.
Using Alphabet Sound Charts
In this video you will learn how to use alphabet sound charts to teach kids to read through homeschooling or tutoring. Expert, Matt Nisjak, shows how to use these alphabet sound charts for doing some alphabet chants that kids love to use to learn the sounds.
Rythms in Poetry-Ethnic Writers and the Literary Mainstream Unit 10
Amidst the chaos following World War I, Ezra Pound urged poets to "Make it New!" This call was heeded by a large range of poets, from T.S. Eliot to Jean Toomer. This episode explores the modernist lyrics of two of these poets: William Carlos Williams and Langston Hughes. What is
modernism? How did these poets start a revolution that continues until
this day?
Every Rock Tells a Story
How can we use rocks to understand events in the Earth’s past? In this session, participants explore the processes that form sedimentary rocks, learn how fossils are preserved, and are introduced to the theory of plate tectonics.
Environmental Garbage and Recycling Education for Kids
Children appreciate being educated on how picking up garbage and recycling will help the environment. Start children on the recycling path with tips from an experienced elementary school teacher.
Intrusive Igneous Rocks
Most magma does not extrude onto Earth’s surface but cools slowly deep inside Earth. This magma seeps into crevices in existing rock to form intrusive igneous rocks. Experts provide a graphic illustration of this process and explain the types and textures of rocks such as granite, obsidian, and quartz. Once again, plate tectonics is shown to be involved in the process.
Sedimentary Rocks: The Key to Past Environments
This program returns to the Grand Canyon: its exposed layers of sedimentary rock allow scientists to peer into the geologic past. The movement of sediment and its deposition are covered, and the processes of lithification, compaction, and cementation that produce sedimentary rocks are explained. Organic components of rock are also discussed.
Metamorphic Rocks
The weight of a mountain creates enough pressure to recrystallize rock, thus creating metamorphic rocks. This program outlines the recrystallization process and the types of rock it can create — from claystone and slate to schist and garnet-bearing gneiss. The relationship of metamorphic rock to plate tectonics is also covered.
Lesson #3 How to play the Piano
This lesson works on chords, scales, and triads. Andrew talks about how chords start on the tonic (first note of the scale) and is the strongest chord of all. Broken and solid chords are demonstrated. You should practice at least 15 minutes every day.
J. D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey
In this lecture on J. D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey, Professor Hungerford presents her argument about religion in the novel as an example to students of how to construct a sound literary critical paper using evidence from the text. Moving between large claims and close readings, Hungerford shows how Salinger prevents his investment in mysticism from becoming mystification by grounding his sense of the divine in the specificity of persons, the importance of family language and love. In
Tennis Serve Lesson For Beginners
This lesson is an excerpt of a larger video segment. The serve lesson for tennis beginners helps you start the right way and lay a foundation for more advanced serves - topspin, slice and flat.
You'll learn how to coordinate the tossing and the serving arm, the 3 key components that will avoid learning the dreaded "waiter serve", and how to accelerate your racquet for really fast serves and more. (4:31)
