Visual Learning Systems
Exploring the Properties of Different Materials
In this video, the teacher explains the concept of matter and its composition. The video highlights how different types of matter make up various objects in our daily lives, such as wood, paper, glass, and plastic. This video is part of...
ACDC Leadership
Boot Camp Teacher Trainings- What do teachers think?
Some teachers say they try "group work" but then complain that it doesn't work. In reality, those students don't see the benefits of group work and don't have the skills to effectively work as a team. That's where the activities and...
Hip Hughes History
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 Explained
An overview of the landmark legislation passed giving the Federal Government enforcement power over the states in relationship to the 15th Amendment. Including Shelby County vs Holder which effectively kills much it.
Schooling Online
English Essentials - Venturing into Visuals – Analysing Visual Techniques and Text (Stage 4, Years/Grades 7-8)
In this second lesson, we’ll venture deeper into visual techniques. Take a closer look at the nitty-gritty of images and how composers arrange visual elements to create certain effects. Build your confidence with important techniques...
Curated Video
National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration is an independent federal agency dedicated to the preservation of historic government records. With storage facilities across the United States, NARA's contents give us an insight into our...
AsapSCIENCE
Do You Have What It Takes To Live On Mars?
Could you handle life on mars? Watch "What Life Would Be Like On Mars" https://youtu.be/MKaItBv4pP8 Subscribe for more - http://bit.ly/asapsci Created by: Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown Written by: Chelsea Scherer, Mitchell Moffit &...
The Atlantic
How Just Six Words Can Spark Conversation About Race in America
“We clearly are not post-racial,” Michele Norris, the celebrated former host of NPR’s All Things Considered, claims in this interview filmed at the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival. That’s why she created the Race Card Project: to “examine and...
Tate
Is Music Art? – Hangout on Air
In our fifth and final 'Hangout on Air', Miranda Sawyer is joined by artist Haroon Mirza, music producer Will Skeaping, record sleeve designer Leif Podhajsky and Tate's Adrian Shaw for a lively discussion about music and art. Miranda...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Cecilia Nahon: Argentina vs the Vultures
During the 1990s, Argentina had been the poster child for Neoliberal policies—they adopted virtually the whole of the so-called “Washington Consensus” agenda lock-stock-and-barrel. They even adopted a currency board. And unlike Euroland...
Schooling Online
English Essentials - Venturing into Visuals – The Construction and Arrangement of Visual Texts (Stage 4, Years/Grades 7-8)
Welcome to Venturing Into Visuals! Join us for a thorough run-down on the ‘big picture’ aspects of analysing images. We’ll look at purpose, context and composition to give you a broad understanding of the visual medium. Enjoy our no-fuss...
Schooling Online
English Essentials - Venturing into Visuals - Visual Text Construction & Element Arrangement (Stage 5, Years/Grades 9-10)
Welcome back to Venturing Into Visuals! Get ready for an easy and enjoyable lesson on key elements of visual analysis: context, purpose, modality, lighting and perspective. We’ll also look at more sophisticated aspects of composition,...
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Identity Name Sculpture
This sculpture lesson is a great way to get to know students while teaching an important cardboard sculpture technique (slots).
Ophea
Introduction to Physical & Health Literacy
Support children in living fun, active, and healthy lives with a video on physical and health literacy. Whether its learning basic skills like running, jumping, and throwing, or making healthy choices about the foods they eat,...
PBS
The Importance of Chicano Representation in Bless Me, Ultima
The best books either enable readers to see themselves, their culture, and their way of life reflected in the story or to gain an understanding of a way of life different from their own. Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima is such a book....
Transforming Education
Importance of Self-Efficacy
A short, animated video introduces viewers to the importance of self-efficacy. The narrator first defines self-efficacy then offers five ways learners can develop this social-emotional learning competency.
PBS
American Masters Gatsby Chases the American Dream
What's so great about Gatsby? A teaching guide asks readers to consider whether Gatsby's quest represents the embodiment of the American Dream or a reflection of the American nightmare, a green light, or a valley of ashes.
Macat
An Introduction to Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition
Do you live a life of action or a life of contemplation? Hannah Arendt's 1958 publication The Human Condition addresses the philosophical components of human life, including the necessity of and relationships between work,...
TED-Ed
Vultures: The Acid-Puking, Plague-Busting Heroes of the Ecosystem
Vultures may be difficult to imagine as super-heroes. They eat rotten meat, puke acid, and certainly aren't very attractive. However, recent research has shown how essential they are to the ecosystem. A short animated video reveals how...
TED-Ed
Jellyfish Predate Dinosaurs. How Have They Survived So Long?
Jellyfish range in size, species, hunting habits, and venom secretions. But one thing most all jellyfish have in common is their ability to survive and flourish in our oceans since before dinosaurs. Watch the video and find out...
TED-Ed
How Do Tornadoes Form?
Take your students on a storm chasing adventure from the safety of the classroom with this short video on tornadoes. From powerful thunderstorms to swirling twisters, this resource explains the necessary conditions and process...
Fuse School
Green Chemistry - Principle 10
Waste not, want not! Pupils learn how plant-based products are making a dent in the volume of solid waste placed in landfills each year in part 10 of a 12-part series discussing the principles of green chemistry. The video includes...
PBS
Thinking about Justice
Before any discussion of justice it's essential that all parties involved share an understanding of the various terms involved in such a discussion. The first video in a series of three provides viewers with definitions for social,...
SciShow
Life Inside a Dead Whale
Study ecosystems by analyzing the results of a whale fall with a video that explains how the death of a whale creates a home for many organisms at the different stages of decomposition. This ocean home lasts for decades!
PBS
American Masters Meet F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Gatsby
Introduce readers to the great Jay Gatsby with a short video from the American Masters series. Narrators analyze how Fitzgerald's choice of narrator and point of view create the dreamlike qualities and near-mythic status of Jay Gatsby.