Daily questions, brainbusters, warm-ups, whatever you call it, the first few minutes of class sets the tone for the rest of the day. Here you will find popular video clips on a variety of topics, all intended to get your students excited about science.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
TED- Work and Power
Daily: What is the formula for work? Power?
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
TED- Hack a Banana
Daily: Define conductivity. Did you see anything that was conductive that you did not expect to be a conductor?
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Sound Wave Breaking the sound barrier
Daily Question: What causes the cloud around the jet?
Gravity Supersonic Free Fall
Free fall from space
Daily Question: How fast was he falling at his fastest point? Draw a picture and label the forces acting on him.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Rube Goldberg Music Video OK Go
Daily Questions: What simple machines did you see? Do you think this was filmed all at once? Why or why not?
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
What? A cockroach dissection? Sound Waves? Electric signals?
This is great!
He actually dissects a cockroach on stage, hooks it up to a speaker and makes it move based on the electric signal produced by the sound. Lots of good possible daily questions. Since I am focused on sound right now I am basing it on that. Daily Question: What type of speaker produces a low frequency sound? Draw a picture of what that wave might look like.
Electricity Vocabulary
This video is really interesting. It looks at the history of the vocabulary we use when we talk about electricity.
Daily Question: Where did the word Electron come from? Electrics? What did Ben Franklin add to our knowledge of electricity? What trick did he play on others?
History of Optics, Color, Glasses
Daily Question: What historical event resulted in more people needing glasses? What observations did Galileo make? What causes something to be a color?
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Big Bang Theory Doppler effect.
Daily Question: What is the Doppler effect? Does it only apply to sound waves?
Resonance Fat Lady Signing in Harry Potter
Resonance
Daily Question: Define Resonance. What was wrong with the Fat Lady's voice?
Monday, May 6, 2013
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Archimedes bath
I always tell this story! This illustrates it so well.
Daily Question: What is the formula for density? Is density a constant? Why?
Daily Question: What is the formula for density? Is density a constant? Why?
Animals and sound
17 minutes long, but totally worth it.
Daily question: Why does sound travel so well in water?
Color and waves
This is a great video describing waves and color.
Daily question: What color is the lowest wavelength? Which is the highest?
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