Curated Video
Gastric Bypass Surgery Complications
Howcast - Learn about possible gastric bypass surgery complications in this Howcast video about bariatric surgery to treat obesity.
Curated Video
How to Value a Business
Howcast - If you're an entrepreneur looking to buy or sell a business, you need to know the business's real value.
Curated Video
When to Add "Er" vs. "Est" to a Word
Howcast -Learn when to add "er" versus "est" to a word from Gotham Writers' Workshop instructor Stephanie Paterik in this Howcast grammar video.
Curated Video
How to Ship a Car
If you're moving to another state and don't want to drive or have your car towed, here's how to work with a reliable auto transport service.
Curated Video
How to Know If Your Child Is Reading at Grade Level
Although students in each grade level exhibit a range of reading abilities, the Lexile Reader and Text Measures make it possible to map their reading ability to typical grade-level scores.
Curated Video
DIY SCI - PALEONTOLOGY SCIENCE
DIY SCI host Steve Spangler demonstrates how paleontologists are able to determine how tall a dinosaur was!
Curated Video
Comparing data
Pupil outcome: I can compare data about attributes. Key learning points: - Data about attributes can be collected. - Data can be collected and recorded in a tally chart. - Pictograms provide information that helps to draw conclusions.
Curated Video
Comparing fairy tales
Pupil outcome: I can compare some well-known fairy tales. Key learning points: - Comparing means exploring similarities and differences about something - Characters, such as heroes and villains, tend to appear in most fairy tales - Some...
Curated Video
Adjectives: to compare
Pupil outcome: I can use an adjective to compare nouns. Key learning points: - Adjectives are words that can compare nouns. - Comparing nouns is another way to describe them. - Adjectives most often compare common nouns.
Curated Video
Attributes in data
Pupil outcome: I can use attributes to compare objects. Key learning points: - Objects can be grouped by attribute. - Attributes can be recorded by tally marks. - Pictograms can help you answer questions about attributes.
Curated Video
Reading around the text 'Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover'
Pupil outcome: I can compare and contrast between two non-fiction texts. Key learning points: - When reading non-fiction texts, readers can use the layout features to help navigate the text. - Non-fiction texts can present information in...
Curated Video
Exploring characters' perspectives
Pupil outcome: I can understand different characters' perspectives. Key learning points: - When exploring a character’s point of view, we experience life as if through their eyes; this is called perspective. - Paikea feels a deep...
Curated Video
Exploring characterisation in 'Princess Sophia Duleep Singh: My Story'
Pupil outcome: I can explore characterisation in historical fiction. Key learning points: - Following their mother’s death, Sophia and her family are split up. - Sophia’s father has decided against regaining his kingdom, he has asked...
Curated Video
Exploring perspective in 'Princess Sophia Duleep Singh: My Story'
Pupil outcome: I can compare and contrast two different perspectives of a setting. Key learning points: - Abdul Karim is a member of Queen Victoria’s household. He is teaching the Queen Hindustani. - Abdul Karim describes India in...
Curated Video
Making comparisons and connections
Pupil outcome: I can describe key events in Chapters 24 and 25 and I can draw comparisons and connections between characters and their experiences. Key learning points: - In this section of the book, we see Joseph subjected to bullying....
Curated Video
Making comparisons
Pupil outcome: I can compare Addie’s experiences at different places in the book ‘A Kind of Spark’ and I can compare characters between different texts. Key learning points: - When we give our opinion about a text, we often need to...
Curated Video
Using images to make comparisons and predictions in 'Mirror'
Pupil outcome: I can compare and contrast images in 'Mirror'. Key learning points: - The Moroccan story is set in the Valley of the Roses; the Western (Australian) setting is based on a suburb of Sydney. - The two landscapes contrast...
Curated Video
Exploring characterisation in 'Coming To England'
Pupil outcome: I can compare characterisation across a series of events. Key learning points: - Both of Floella's parents leave for England. Floella and three siblings are split and live with guardians. - Migration to England during the...
Curated Video
Comparing the victims in ‘The Speckled Band’ and ‘The Boscombe Valley Mystery’
Pupil outcome: I can compare the victims of ‘The Speckled Band’ and ‘The Boscombe Valley Mystery’. Key learning points: - Julia Stoner and Charles McCarthy are presented as very different victims. - Stoner is presented more...
Curated Video
Writing descriptive sentences about a special item based on ‘The Proudest Blue’
Pupil outcome: I can write descriptive sentences about a special item. Key learning points: - The colour blue is referred to repeatedly throughout the story and is part of what makes Asiya's hijab special to her. - The author states what...
Curated Video
Compare two numbers and say which is greater than or less than the other
Pupil outcome: I can compare two numbers and say which is greater than or less than the other. Key learning points: - Numbers can be represented as numerals or using representations. - Numbers can be compared to see which one is larger...
Curated Video
Estimate where 6, 7, 8 and 9 lie on an unmarked number line
Pupil outcome: I can estimate where 6, 7, 8 and 9 can lie on an unmarked number line. Key learning points: - The position of numbers can be estimated on unmarked number lines using an understanding of relative size. - The midpoint, five...
Curated Video
Compare numbers with up to eight digits
Pupil outcome: I can explain how to compare numbers with up to 8-digit numbers. Key learning points: - The number of digits can help when ordering numbers - usually the more digits, the greater the number. - When comparing numbers, the...
Curated Video
Discuss and compare polygons
Pupil outcome: I can discuss and compare the shape and size of polygons, and the vertices of polygons. Key learning points: - Polygons can be compared by looking at their properties such as number of sides or vertices. - The space inside...