Connecting What You Know with What's on the Page
Connecting What You Know with What's on the Page - Stumped by Marko's riddle from Thorzuul, Norbert benefits from Mrs. Framish's lesson about making inferences.
The Civil War: Technological Conflict
A review of the most important technology developments in the Civil War Era. Not much depth of how these developments changed society, but does show the start of major differences between the North and South. A good video to show prior to a study of the war. It is best used with maps and a compare and contrast assignment about the North and South.
Separation of Power
This video segment explains the separation of power between the
legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the federal government
and describes the ways in which each branch can limit the others. The
Watergate scandal is used to illustrate how the system of checks and
balances works.
Greetings and Introductions
Ready to start a conversation in Spanish? This lesson will teach you how to greet someone, tell them your name, and carry a basic conversation. We will also learn how to use the verb "estar" (to be) to describe how you are feeling.
What Is Container Gardening?
In this video clip learn about the many advantages to container gardening, especially for those that have limited space for plants. How to plant flowers in various containers, such as plastic, clay or wood is explained and a variety of containers are shown.
Plant Reproduction: Methods of Pollination
As a prerequisite for fertilization, pollination is essential to the production of fruit and seed cops and plays an important part in reproduction. Video shows some of the different ways plants are pollinated. Run time 03:58.
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
Flowers: The Seed Producers
Using the Lily as an example, this clip summarizes flowering plants, their structure and method of reproduction. Clip also explains and labels the parts of the flower.  (2:03)
Methods of Pollination
This video covers the various ways that a plant can be pollinated, including specific plants for each type of pollination. Â Insect pollination, wind pollination, cross pollination, and self-pollination.Run time 03:57.
Floral Arrangements
It's a problem faced by all seed-producing plants: how to get their pollen into the flower of another plant of the same species. This video segment from Sexual Encounters of a Floral Kind explores some of the strategies plants have evolved to solve the problem. Closed captioning included. Run time 03:08.
Energy Flow
Through the process of photosynthesis, plants harness the sun's energy and in so doing make many forms of life -- including human life -- possible. What path does this energy follow, and how is it transferred from one type of organism to another? In this feature, adapted from Interactive NOVA: "Earth," learn why 400 pounds of corn can't be converted into a 400-pound cow.
Food Chains
Learn about food chains and how they combine to form complex food pyramids. This short, computer-animated video will briefly cover the following key concepts: food chains, producers/consumers, the relationships between plants and animals in a food chain, the role of sunlight in a food chain, the role of plants in a food chain, the role of consumers in a food chain, food webs, food pyramids, and balancing a food pyramid. The video ends with a 10-question, fill-in-the-blank quiz. (The video do
Declaration of Independence
On June 7, 1776, Virginia delegate Richard Henry Lee introduced to the Continental Congress a resolution: "That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States." He further called "for forming foreign Alliances and preparing a plan of confederation." Lee's resolution announced America's break from England, but members of Congress believed a more formal explanation was needed to unify the colonies, secure foreign assistance, and justify their actions to the world.
The Declaration of Independence: Ideas for a New Age
This 17 minute examines the basic principles and concepts set forth in the Declaration of Independence, as well as the American leaders, their ideas and the historical events that resulted in the document. Good details. Best used with a timeline and a word list. Many items need a great deal more explanation, but the video is a good start.
Has video quiz, too.
The Stamp Act
Video accompanied with text dealing with the Stamp Act. "The peace treaty that ended the French and Indian War in 1763 eliminated New France as a military threat to the British colonists, and marked the start of the march toward American independence. The war effort, and British Prime Minister William Pitt’s decision to retain large numbers of troops in the American colonies after the conflict, doubled Great Britain’s national debt.
In an effort to raise revenues, Parliament enforced
Learn French-Repeat After Me, # 1
The speaker says 5 phrases twice:
Bonjour, Bonsoir, Bonne Nuit, Au Revoir, Salut.
The English translations are the bottom of the video. The video is a good way to start learning French.
Radish seeds sprouting: time lapse
A great example of germination. This time lapse video shows how radish plants go from seeds, to seedlings, to plants in just nine days. Amazing how fast the radishes grew. Time lapse sequence set to take a frame each 14 minutes 24 seconds. The time lapse spans 9 days. Two 90 watt compact floresecent lights where used for both the camera shooting light and the grow lights. The lights were set on a timer for 18 hours on and 6 off (for the health of the plants). The jump in the video is the 6 hou
Differentiation in Plants - Elementary Science
This is a short, animated narrated video (01:40) gives a very brief overview of the differentiation in plants. Some of the narration is accompanied by English captions.
Plant Physiology: Phototropic Response
Growth in plants reflects the way in which the interact with the environment. Using time lapsed photography, his professional video shows how a plant responds to light and gravity. Includes narration. Run time 02:36.
Hydroponics
Hydroponics is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, in water, without soil. Visit the VanScoy farm to see how its hydroponic operation is progressing.
