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.
Friday, October 3, 2014
How it's made Neon Signs
Daily Question: How are Neon Signs made? Why do different gasses produce different colors? How do they create a variety of colors.
Real World Chemistry
http://www.compoundchem.com/
A great site with beautiful infographics which explain the chemistry behind everyday foods and the periodic table.
A great site with beautiful infographics which explain the chemistry behind everyday foods and the periodic table.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Monday, September 29, 2014
Substitute 9/29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hxIlAa8L9A
Click on the link to the video above. If you can't see the video below.
Please ask the students to write the following questions on a piece of paper. They need to answer them as the video plays.
Click on the link to the video above. If you can't see the video below.
Please ask the students to write the following questions on a piece of paper. They need to answer them as the video plays.
1.
When did the Chinese discover black powder?
2.
Potassium nitrate (KNO3) is also
called ________________________.
3
How long does it take to wire a large fireworks?
4.
Until the 1830s, fireworks displays had very
little color until KNO3
was replaced with _________________________.
5.
What types of salts are added to fireworks to
give them colors?
6.
Copper makes the fireworks _________ in color.
Strontium makes them ________ in color, and barium makes them __________ in
color.
7.
How many people in the US are injured each year
by fireworks? What percent of those are injured by illegal fireworks?
8.
How hot do sparklers burn?
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Friday, September 19, 2014
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Friday, May 23, 2014
Bowling Ball and Skydiving Outrageous Acts
Why does the bowling ball appear to be floating?
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Breaking Bad Electromagnet
Why is it helpful to have a magnet you can turn on and off?
Friday, May 2, 2014
VAST Regional Conference Design Make Play
What I want...
Makey Makey
http://popularscienceteacher.blogspot.com/search/label/Makey%20Makey
Squishy Circuits
http://popularscienceteacher.blogspot.com/search/label/Squishy%20circuits
Bare Conductive
http://www.bareconductive.com/
Drawdio
http://web.media.mit.edu/~silver/drawdio/
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
NASA Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum
http://murphyscience.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/8/13285190/video_ws_tour_of_em_spectrum.pdf
Video
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Friday, April 18, 2014
Giant Xylophone in the forest
Where is the sound coming from? Why are there different notes?
Cool things you can do with Sound waves Waves Prezi
Monday, April 14, 2014
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Rube Goldberg Explains Energy Conversions
What a cool old video of Rube Goldberg drawing and explaining energy.
Prezi on Work and Power/ Rube Goldberg Machine
http://prezi.com/-29q9ubluusw/work-and-power/
Ok Go Video for Rube Goldberg
http://popularscienceteacher.blogspot.com/2013/05/rube-goldberg-music-video-ok-go.html
Honda Commercial
http://popularscienceteacher.blogspot.com/2013/03/rube-goldberg-honda-commercial.html
Rube Mythbusters Style
Ok Go Video for Rube Goldberg
http://popularscienceteacher.blogspot.com/2013/05/rube-goldberg-music-video-ok-go.html
Honda Commercial
http://popularscienceteacher.blogspot.com/2013/03/rube-goldberg-honda-commercial.html
Rube Mythbusters Style
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Gravity TED -Ed and Would you weigh less on an Elevator?
Would you weigh less on an elevator?
Labels:
Gravity,
Newton's 2nd Law,
Normal Force,
Scale,
Weight
Monday, March 31, 2014
Momentum
What is going on here?
What is Momentum?
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Newton's Three Laws NHL
Real Life example of inertia
Friday, March 28, 2014
Newtons Three Laws For my Substitute
For my Substitute
Please ask the students to watch read chapter 10 section 3 and then watch this video. They need to take notes on everything written at the bottom of the video. Give them each a piece of white paper and tell them to draw a picture of Newton's Three laws. If they are unclear after the video they can look it up in their books. It should be in the next section.
Please ask the students to watch read chapter 10 section 3 and then watch this video. They need to take notes on everything written at the bottom of the video. Give them each a piece of white paper and tell them to draw a picture of Newton's Three laws. If they are unclear after the video they can look it up in their books. It should be in the next section.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
NFL Acceleration Kinematics
https://www.nbclearn.com/portal/site/learn/science-of-nfl-football
Click on Kinematics to see an NFL running back run the 40 and talk about the benefits of speed vs. acceleration.
Click on Kinematics to see an NFL running back run the 40 and talk about the benefits of speed vs. acceleration.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Winter Olympics
NBC has put together a great series of videos on the science behind the winter Olympics.
http://www.nbclearn.com/science-and-engineering-of-the-2014-olympic-winter-games
http://www.nbclearn.com/science-and-engineering-of-the-2014-olympic-winter-games
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Sink Holes Explained CBS News
CBS News contributor Michio Kaku, a physics professor at City University of New York, talks to Charlie Rose and Norah O'Donnell about sinkholes - where and why they happen, and their warning .
Great explanation! Link Here
Mythbusters Killer Quicksand
Good explanation of Quicksand
Killer Quicksand
What is quicksand? A colloid, solution or suspension? Why?
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Parts of an atom and where are Electrons?
What are the parts of an atom? What helps us identify atoms?
Chemical Reactions
http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/head-rush/videos/chemistry.htm
Here is a link of several videos from the Science Channel which are related to chemical reactions.
Here is a link of several videos from the Science Channel which are related to chemical reactions.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Chemistry of cookies
Describe some of the indicators of the chemical changes taking place. What about some of the physical changes?
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Squishy Circuits
VAST Region 3 Conference-
One of my new favorite activities. Today we were learning about Ionic and Covalent bonds. Salt is an ionic bond and is a good conductor and sugar is a covalent bond and is not a good conductor.
LED lights and the connectors for 9v batteries are really inexpensive on Amazon. We are going to do this project again when we look at electricity but we will need way more LEDs, maybe 10 for each group. The dough stays fresh for a few days and one batch makes a lot. I used one batch of each for my classes and split them into groups of 2-4. The LED's rust after a few uses, so I am going to wipe them down next time.
Instructions here:
http://courseweb.stthomas.edu/apthomas/SquishyCircuits/index.htm
TED talks http://new.ted.com/talks/annmarie_thomas_squishy_circuits
One of my new favorite activities. Today we were learning about Ionic and Covalent bonds. Salt is an ionic bond and is a good conductor and sugar is a covalent bond and is not a good conductor.
LED lights and the connectors for 9v batteries are really inexpensive on Amazon. We are going to do this project again when we look at electricity but we will need way more LEDs, maybe 10 for each group. The dough stays fresh for a few days and one batch makes a lot. I used one batch of each for my classes and split them into groups of 2-4. The LED's rust after a few uses, so I am going to wipe them down next time.
Instructions here:
http://courseweb.stthomas.edu/apthomas/SquishyCircuits/index.htm
TED talks http://new.ted.com/talks/annmarie_thomas_squishy_circuits
Lenz Law
Great clip demonstrating Lenz's Law. Click here to see the practical application of it in recycling.
Monday, February 3, 2014
Ionic Bonding
Good video that explains Ionic Bonding. I had my students copy his notes.
Sunday, January 12, 2014
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