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Curated Video
Reading with Punctuation: How to Read Fluently
This video teaches students how to read fluently by paying attention to punctuation marks. By stopping and thinking about whether to take a full stop or a quick break with their voice, students can improve their understanding of the text...
TMW Media
Regular and Irregular verbs
This lesson teaches Vocabulary, Nouns (people, places, things) Regular & Irregular Verbs, Identifiers (this/that/these/those), Prepositions. Nouns: We start with nouns which are a person, a place, or a thing. They are the essential...
Wonderscape
High-Frequency Nouns for First Grade
This video teaches high-frequency nouns, such as "flower," "children," "farmer," "letter," etc. Join host Julianna, who explains what high-frequency nouns are, and enthusiastically presents each word, sounds it out slowly and uses it in...
Visual Learning Systems
The Classification of Organisms: Classification Hierarchy
For thousands of years scientists have named and categorized the vast array of life on Earth. This series of videos highlights the major advances concerning the classification of life, more specifically focusing on current trends in...
Curated Video
Using Addition and Subtraction to Solve Real World Fraction Problems
In this video, the teacher demonstrates how to use addition and subtraction with fractions to solve real-world problems. The examples provided involve finding equivalent fractions and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators. The...
TMW Media
ASL- Pets and Ocean Animals Vocabulary
Excellent for every American Sign Language (ASL) student as well as teachers, parents and professionals learning ASL to be able to communicate clearly, naturally and start signing with the deaf community and people with hearing loss....
Visual Learning Systems
Force and Newton's Laws: Newton's Third Law of Motion
This video discusses the principle of force and the application of Newton's Three Laws of Motion. Students will witness the effect of friction on force and see how force is calculated. Other terminology includes: inertia, weight, mass,...
Little Smart Planet
Learning about Planets
Let's watch the video to review all the vocabulary about the planets and the Solar System.
Curated Video
Finding the Area of a Complex Shape
This video explains how to find the total area of a complex shape by breaking it down into simpler shapes and counting the square units. It emphasizes the importance of finding the area of each individual shape and then adding them...
Kids Learning Videos
Brain Break Songs For Kids! A Kids Learning Videos Collection
Brain break songs are some of the most popular for songs for children. In this collection of songs for preschoolers and toddlers, kids can take a break from learning to dance and have fun! What's your favorite brain break song?
Curated OER
Underwater Diving Bird
When we think of birds, we naturally think to look up in the sky. But, if you're looking for the dipper bird, don't forget to check underwater! This underwater diving bird takes fishing to the next level. Watch this video to learn how!
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: The Respiratory System of Birds
Through videos and cooperative learning, students investigate the respiratory system of birds, describe its function, and then compare this to the respiratory function in human mammals.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Bird Extinctions Time Travel Through Lava Tubes
Dr. Helen James, an ornithologist at the National Museum of Natural History, explains what prehistoric evidence can tell you about bird extinctions. [29:15]
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Forensic Ornithology Bird Detective
An ornithologist from the National Museum of Natural History shares her research studying birds that have been struck by airplanes. Find out what can be learned from these studies. [27:45]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: What Sounds Do Animals Make?
Although they can't speak, most animals have their own way of communicating. This video segment presents examples of animal communication.
Other
Youtube: Hua Mei Bird Garden
In this brief video clip, hear the sounds of the Chinese Hua Mei bird singing.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Nest Cams
Cameras mounted near nests capture images and live video of birds in their natural habitat. Current cams, as well as archived video reaching back to 2000, provide a close-up look at the lives of barn owls, bluebirds, wrens, seabirds,...
Next Vista for Learning
Next Vista for Learning: Vertebrates
A video exploring the characteristic of vertebrates as an animal with backbone. Video investigates what backbones look like and their function. Animals with backbones include fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. [1:33]
Next Vista for Learning
Next Vista for Learning: Identifying Birds
A short video giving step-by-step instructions on how to identify birds in nature. Video also explores how to use a field guide to help with identification as well as an online resource. [2:28]
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Tillamook Birds
Learn about birds that make the estuary their home, and why the estuary is an important stopover for others. Meet two pelicans saved by rescuers. [1:42]
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Saving the Spotted Owl
This NPR article reports on conservation attempts to save the Spotted Owl, which led to the eventual shutdown of 2.4 million acres of forest in Washington alone and the loss of 30,000 jobs. An eight minute audio podcast discusses this...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Dino Had the Right Stuff
NPR reports on new research about the oldest known bird, Archaeopteryx. A new study of a fossilized brain cavity suggests it was well-equipped to fly.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Dinosaurs With Feathers, or Primitive Birds?
NPR reports on an exhibit at San Diego's Natural History Museum, which features 120-million-year-old fossils discovered in northeastern China that reveal a link between birds and dinosaurs.