Video Clips

Science Teaching Video Links

Earth Science:

• • ES Unit 1, Intro stuff:

    • • Flash Mind Reader - magic

      • Mind Puzzles - first day; evidence, logic, reading, observing

      • Marshmellow Challenge; Tedtalk;   (after challenge)  so, so, more group dynamics (6:90)

      • Online Powerpoint introducing Observation vs. Inference   (good to use before my flip chart)

      • Comparative; Qualitative vs. Quantitative Observations  (use to review) - not working

      • Observations and Inferences with Puzzles (good to finish up with, has lots of visual mind puzzles.)  Not working

      • Observation, Inference, Prediction practice

        • Observations and Inferences (3:44). only words ok

        • Observations and Inferences (6:00) ok

      • Optical Illusions

      • Mind Blowing pictures 

      • What is Science - no narration - good intro  (5:13)

      • What is Science - short explanation  (2:01)

      • What is Science - Happy scientist (12:55) good intro and exit for sci method, dissect definition  - no

      • What is Science - Happy Scientist (12:55) through his site, use Chrome???  Good -no

      • What is Science - (11:45) Explore DVD- ok

      • Scientific Method (9:38) ok

      • Scientific Method  2 (4:05) ok

      • ViewPoint;  Kelsey Eggers Zookeeper.  20 min. (show 7:15 - 27:00) stop there 

      • Sci method (10:00) Bozman. (could start at 4:40 for steps w/out history) still show

      • Metric System 1 (3:28)

      • Metric System Intro (5:03)

      • Metric System intro; Bill Nye (4:14) ??

      • System of Measurement (5:31)  Safair Montage

      • Ruler Game - tutorial, metric version

      • Triple Beam Balance Tutorial (good, use before actual, or as demo, or as additional practice)

      • Lab Safety (7:00) ??? ok

      • Lab safety (Ameoba sisters) ok (5:53)

        • Biosphere 2 (16:00) (can stop about 11:30)

        • Biosphere 2 Tedtalk (15:50)

        • Apollo 13 "Work the Problem"  (:15 sec) - 3x5 card

        • Apollo 13 "Round Peg in Square Hole"  (0:29-1:04)  3x5 card

      • Ride in Google Self Driving Car  (3:31)  good, can go with sci world article lesson.

      • Tesla; Self Driving Demo (3:26 or less). ok, no sound. with sci world article

      • Google Self Driving car (2:52) ok, with sci world article 

      • The Beauty and Science of Bubbles;   (5:5 )  good CBS

      • Interesting Science Facts - Zarius

      • Science Kids - Fun Science Facts

      • Veratasium (various videos, investigations) 

      • Hour of Code 1 (what schools don't teacher) 5:44

      • Hour of Code 2 (2:33)

      • Elephant Toothpaste demo - (start about half way through)

  • How to use a Microscope (6:20) nicer than ours

ES Chapter 7+ - Atmosphere:

• • Facts about Density. (3:43)

  • What is Density (4:17)

• Density - Bozeman (6:03) Good - only show first 4 minutes)

• Archimedes and the Gold Crown (9:10) good

• Density Simulator PHet

  • Mass Volume and Density (2:02) ok

• Intro to our Atmosphere (5:23) - no narration, good intro

• Reveal Earth's Atmosphere (4:57) good

• Earth's Systems Interact  (5:49)  good

• Air Pressure on bottle (2:13)  good, do as demo

• Soda Can Crush (1:40)

  • Egg suck into bottle - Jared (3:00)  good

• Balloon in Bottle (2:30) - Jared   good

• Balloon floating away (:40)

• Exploring Air & Air Pressure - Jared  (8:49)   good

• Air Expands and Contracts demo - Jared (7:35)

• 10 Pressure Demos (9:12)  [good 9 skip dry ice bomb]

• Water/Air Pressure demo (3:02) ok

• Structure of our Atmosphere (5:05) ok

• Greenhouse Effect (2:29) simple

• Greenhouse Effect (3:29) ok

• Sun Heats the Earth  (10:30)  a little young 

• Unequal Heating of earth. (3:58)

• Learn about planet Earth (5:41) animation ok

• Bill Nye; Atmosphere (23:00)

• Journey Through the Atmosphere (in jet) shorter, part of Earth power (7:32)

• Earth Power -Atmosphere (58:00) Good (longer version of journey through atmos)

• National Geographic; Our Atmosphere (50:00)

• Nova; Doomsday Volcano (50:00) good

• Coriolis Effect - good (3:05)

• Coriolis Effect 2 merry-go-round -good (2:11)

• Coriolis Effect 3 -good MIT (3:00)

• Bill Nye: Wind (21:00)

• Hurricane coriolis effect - (start at 1:49 - 2:25)

  • Earth NullSchool     - Real-time maps of world

  • Ventusky  - interactive Real-time maps

Energy -related to Atmosphere:

• Convection Demo -good - no narration (4:30)

• Convection Heat transfer (2:20) ok

• Colorful Convection Currents (1:00) - good, demo with response to follow.

• Conduction, convection, radiation demo (6:00)

• Molecules in Motion (start at 2;00, just short demo)

• Molecules in Motion 2 ( :30)

• Matter and Energy - Jared (6:10)

• Conduction, convection, radiation kitchen demo (12:00) popcorn ?

• Misconceptions about Temperature; Veratasium (4:00) - good

• Convection with Science Geeks - good (7:49)

• Simple Solar Cooker - kind of hard to understand (3:54)

• solar Cooker pizza box (1:54)

• Bill Nye; Heat (8:00) 

• Radiometer; how it works (5:00)

• Misconceptions about Temperature; Veratasium

ES Unit 3, Chapter 8 - Weather:

• Bill Nye: Wind (21:00)

• Bill Nye; Storms (23:00)

• Bill Nye: Water Cycle (23:00)

• The Water Cycle - animation (7:14) good

• Evaporation  Demo - Jared  (7:41)

• Water Cycle Jared (7:09)

• Making Rain with Jared (3:19)

• Surface Area Evaporation -Time lapse- good (2:09)

• L.A Reservior shade balls (1:10-)

• Cloud in a Bottle demo (2:38) good

• Cloud in a Bottle demo 2 (2:55)

• How to Make a Cloud - Jared (2:46)

• Clouds in the Sky, How High  - Jared (7:41)

• What is Wind - Jared  (4:39)

• What is wind (3:10) ok

• Where does wind come from (11:18)

• Weather Fronts demo (1:52) good

• Water Cycle - NFS (6:46) good

• Water Cycle; untamed science (5:26)

• Clouds and Weather animation (3:21) ok

• How Thunderstorms form (1:39) ok

• Thunderstorms 101 (3:36) good?

• How Lightening forms (2:56) ok

• Weather 101; Clouds (5:05) good

• 3 main cloud types (3:04) good

• cloud spotting guide (5:31) ok

• The Weather classroom; air masses & fronts (7:55) ok

• Hurricanes 101 (2:50) good intro

• Behind the scenes of a hurricane tracker (2:01) ok to finish tracking lab

• tracking Hurricane Sandy (show about a minute starting at 2:00) ok

• How a Hurricane is born (2:28) ok

• What are Hurricanes (6:26) good

• Hurricane coriolis effect - (start at 1:49 - 2:25)

• How Hail forms (1:32) ok

• The Ocean; the driving force of weather (6.00) ok

• the Science of make Lightening (2:01) ok

• the science of lightening (2:38) ok

• Earth's Water Cycle (5:52) good

• Sport Science; cold weather (2:55) ok - good

• Thunder and Lightening demo (2:28) ok

• Evaporation lab (2:13) ?

• Meteorologist Explaining Weather map (3:50) good, to class

• Evaporation Balls LA (1:00)

• California's Drought news report  (3:00)

  • Earth NullSchool     - Real-time maps of world

  • Ventusky  - interactive Real-time maps

ES Chapter 9 - Climate:

• Climate vs. Weather (4:39) ok intro

• Weather vs. Climate (6:24) good

• Climate and Weather - Nat Geo (3:25) ok

• Climate and Weather - NASA (4:36) ok

• Climate: Bill Nye (23:00) full

• Climate 101; Bill Nye (4:33) partial

• Seasons; Bill Nye (23:00) good

• What makes seasons, Jared (2:51)

• Climate Change Debate (11:39) ?

• Earth's tilt; Reason for the Seasons (5:38) good animation, explanation

• Earth's tilt 2; Midnight Sun (5:58) good animation, maybe extra

• Mechanisms of Seasons (5:59) ok

• Ozone Layer Danger (4:17)

• Season's Interactive (as demo)

• Seasons animation interactive demo

• California Regions Project (16:14)  ok to show before Cal Climate maps. scroll to bottom middle.

• Biosphere 2  (16:00)  (can stop about 11:30)

• Biosphere 2 Tedtalk (15:50)

• Earth NullSchool     - Real-time maps of world

• Ventusky  - interactive Real-time maps

• Effects of Oceans and Mountains on Climate - ok-fishbowl?  (5:47)

• Global Climate Change EPA - interactive site with w/s

•    Intro video for above

• Climate; NASA website - interactive, games

ES Chapter 12 - Energy

• Potential vs Kinetic - cartoon (3:44)

• Potential Energy - roadrunner (1:22)

• Kinetic energy - roller coaster (1:22)

• Law of Conservation ok (4:36)

• Matter and Energy - Jared (6:10)

• Renewable vs Non-renewable Energy (3:26) ok

• Energy 101; Electricity Generation (5:18) good

• Top 10 future energy sources (13:11) very good, interesting (good before PP presentations)

• What are non-renewable energy sources (5:33) ok if accessible

• Fracking Explaination (3:32) ok, approp?

• Bill Nye - Energy (23:00)

• Bill Nye - Nuclear Energy (23:00) Anti-nuclear) ???

• Renewable Energy- History Channel( 40:14) ok - long

• 300 years of fossil fuels in 300 seconds (5:38) good - little high level

• Formation of Fossil Fuels (2:25) ok

• How Nuclear energy works (4:36) good

• How Nuclear power plants work - animation (4:47) ok

• Nuclear Fusion breakthrough (1:48) ok

• Harnessing Nuclear Fusion (2:52) good

• Renewable Energy 101 (3:16)

• 7 Types of Renewable Energy (8:49)

• Energy - Happy Scientist - good but approp?? (6:50)

• Energy absorb - Happy scientist (3:17)

• Innovation Nation (20:00)

• Six Simple Machines (6:11) good

• Six Simple Machines in One (7:08) ?

* more energy above in Atmosphere unit

ES Chapter 10 - Ecosystems

• What is an Ecosystem (4:41) - good

• Ecosystems, Bozeman (14:04)  - ok, a little high

• What is a Habitat?  (5:45) - good

• All About Habitats  (17:33) - good?

• Ecology (2:12) - ok

• Energy Pyramids - Ameoba Sisters  (5:48)  good

• Giraffe; Naturel Selection (2:28) good

• 10 Amazing Animal Disguieses (10:18) good

• Ecology Intro, Khan (9:48) - good/ok

• Bill Nye; Biodiversity  (22:58) - good

• Food Webs, KPBS (28:48) - Good

• Food Chains and Webs (4:58) good/ok

• Why is Biodiversity so Important?  (4:18) ok?

• Top 5 Animal Adaptations (19:18) - good  but long

• Types of Adaptation (4:16) good

• 9 Bizzar Animal Adaptations (6:23) - good

• Adaptation at Animal Wonders (11:49) - Good

• 25 Insane Animal Survival Adaptations (5:32) -ok good

• Adaptation (2:50) ok

•  BIoMimicry - CBS Sunday morning  (6:00)  good 

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Other:

• Coding Intro

• The Most Astounding Fact (3:33)  life atoms from stars

• The Spangler Effect: various science demos

• DVD Explorer Videos 1https://www.netsmartz.org/RealLifeStories/SurvivorDiaries

• DVD Explorer Videos 2

• Susan Boyle; Brittain's Got Talent (Advisory)

• Doorman - Bully (Advisory) 6:00

• Advise to First Day Here 4:00 (Advisory)

• Welcome Home; Military (Advisory, Vetrans day) - stop before A-bush at end

• That Rugged Old Flag tribute, johnny Cash (3:37)

• Ashton Kutcher Teen Speech (Advisory)

• TEDTalk - 12 year old coder 4:30

• America's Funniest Home Videos 1 (40.00)

• America's Funniest Home Videos 2 (40:00)

• America's Funniest Home Videos 3(40:00)

• America's Funniest Home Videos (list)

• Bozeman; scientific Arguementation of evidence (milk carton holes) 10:00 - maybe just for me?

• Earth's Comparative size (pictures and descriptions)

• 3D Printers - wrench (4:00)

• Complex Fluids - Gack

• Magic Sand (4:08)

• Jelly Marbles (4:33)

• Disappearing Ink demo - spangler (15:00)

Fam L

• • Julie's Journey (3:06)

  • Survivor's Diaries (2:43)

  • Survivor's Diaries 2(2:43)

Life Science Intro:

• • LS Chapter 1-Cells:

• Bill Nye; Cells - DVD, w/ worksheet

• How to use a microscope  (7:55) ?

• Characteristics of Living Things (4:30) intro- Safari Montage - no longer

• Characteristics of Living Things (3:38) ok

• Characteristics of Life, Amoeba sisters (7:56)  ok

• Wacky History of Cell Theory (6:11) animation, ok little high

• Cell Theory dramatization (3:32) good

• Tour of Cell - Bozman (14:13)  good but a little high

• Cell Organelles; Functions - (6:25) ok

• Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells (5:52) Amoeba sisters

• Louis Pasteur's Spontaneous Generation Experiment (5:09) good

• Francisco Redi's meat experiment (2:05) ok

• Redi's experiment 2 (2:11) ok

• Ameoba Sisters: Bacteria (7:30) good 

• Body Systems:

  • Organ systems; Amoeba sisters good  (8:21)

  • Systems of the Human body  ok (4:05)

  • Levels of Organization of Life   good - just music  (5:20)

  • Digestive System   good (6:00)

  • Cardiovascular system ok, a little high (9:24)

LS Chapter 2-Cell Functions:

• BioMolecules (8:12)  Amoeba Sisters - animated w/worksheets

• Photosynthesis (4:53) good

• Cellular Respiration (2:14) ok??

  • Living Protozoa (2:33) show parts as example

• Photosynthesis and Respirations (10:30) lecture - pretty good

• Photosynthesis and Respiration - chem for all - (6:10) ok

• Bill Nye: Respiration  (27:00)

• Simple Photosynthesis and Food (4:01) good 

• Diffusion (5:02) good

• How Diffusion works (1:32) good basic

• Diffusion across membrane - (2:55)

• How Osmosis works (1:40) good? - not working

• Yeast Fermentation Demo (7:42) good. use for CER

• Fermentation w/Balloon (2:23) - for online learners

• Fermenting sugar (5:09) ok

• Photosynthesis Tiny Pigments (7:45) Amoeba Sisters - show first 3:20 minutes

• Mighty Mitochondria - cellular respiration (7:48)  Amoeba Sisters. show through 3:00 minutes mark then too high (w/worksheets)

• Osmosis (9:27) Good, Amoeba Sisters.w/worksheets

  • Biosphere 2  (16:00)  (can stop about 11:30)

LS Chap 3 - Cell Division:

• • Cell Division/Cell Cycle (5:33) good, no narration ["stop" at minute 4:25)

  • Cell Division (11:04) Bozeman,  little high,

  • Bacteria Binary Fission (2:02) ok

  • Types of Asexual Reproduction (4:03)

  • Microbiology and Genetics (27:02) good overview - safari montage

  • Mitosis (3:25) good?  -safari montage

• • The Amazing Cell Division (7:55)  Good Amoeba sisters, w/worksheets

  • The Incredible Human Machine (1h,. 36m)  long but very good  - safari montage

  • Mitosis simulation (short)  good

  • Mitosis, Amoeba Sisters  (8:23) w /worksheet

  •  Mitosis 3D animation (4:33) stop when video ends

  • Overview of Cell Division (4:13) good,  but ??? (stop at 1:14  and 3:05?)

LS Heredity:

• 18 Things you should know about Genetics - good intro (3:27)

• Gregor Mendel (4:41)  good

• Mendel's Pea Plants  (5:00) pretty good

• Gregor Mendels Punnett squares  (5:02)

• Punnett Squares, Mono Hybrid Ameobe Sisters (6:27)

• Punnett Squares  Dihybrid(8:31)  Amoeba Sisters, w/worksheets

• Meiosis; the Great Divide (7:40)  Good - Amoeba sisters, w/worksheet

• Dominant and Recessive Traits (Article)

• Human Traits (list)

•  BIoMimicry - CBS Sunday morning  (6:00)  good 

• Genes & Heredity (24:00)  good - Safari Montage 

• Bill Nye; Genes (23:00)  may have to us DVD

• Why is Bio Diversity important  (6:00) ok

• Animal Camouflage pix

• 25 Incredible Animal Camouflage  (3:30)  ok

Body Organization:

• TED Talk;  Cockroach Beatbox; Sensory and stimuli.  good  (6:15)

Old Earth Science Units:

Weathering / Erosion:

• Bill Nye; Rocks and Soil (23:00)

• Weathering and Erosion cartoon- (5:00) show first

• Weathering Demo; Geology kitchen- (7:00) - (could do part as demo) (sugar cube shake)

• Rock Cycle; Geology Kitchen 3 types of rock (8:00) -

• What is a Mineral; Geology Kitchen (5:43) ok

• Identifying Minerals; Geology Kitchen (4:30) - ok

• Igneous Rock; Geology Kitchen (5:56) - ok

• Identifying Rocks and Minerals (8:00) - (may be a little above level but a good overall video)

• Starburst Lab (3 types of the rock cycle) (8:00) -should do as demo lab instead

• The Dust Bowl - PBS (52:00) - assignment; do diary 3 entries based on evidence

Erosion and Deposition:

• Erosion and Deposition Model (2:20) good, later, showing river erosion

• Erosion and Weathering - bill nye Youtube (11:00) (shorter version)

• Erosion, Bill Nye (23:00) - (similar to other full version)

• Weathering, Erosion and Deposition - Youtube (9:00)

• How the Grand Canyon was formed - Youtube (3:00)

• Erosion and Deposition lab - Alluvial Fan (2:00)

• ? Coastal Erosion (4:00) ok

• x Beach Erosion Time lapse (1:44)

• Wind Erosion (3:00)

• Soil Erosion Lesson cartoon (6:00)

• ? Glacial Scientists (3:00)

• Glacial Erosion (9:00)

• Calving (start at about 0:44)

• Erosion and Depostion from Prentice Hall Science Explorer DVD - Quesada (?)

Plate Tectonics:

• Inside the Earth (5:00) narration?

• Bill Nye; Earth's Crust (23:00)

• Plate Tectonics (9:00) Bozeman

• Plate Tectonics - Documentary? (7:00) ok

• National Geographic; Colliding Contnients (50:00)

• Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics (5:30) cartoon ok

• Plate Tectonics; Geology Kitchen (6:00) good

• Convection Demo -no narration (4:30)

• Colorful Convection Currents (1:00) - good, demo with response to follow.

• Conduction, convection, radiation demo (6:00)

• Conduction, convection, radiation kitchen demo (12:00) popcorn ?

• Convection currents in Mantle (6:00) ok

• convection currents and continental drift (1:30) short but good

• Misconceptions about Temperature; Veratasium (4:00) - good

Earthquakes:

• Earthquakes 101 - intro (2:30)

• Bill Nye; Earthquakes (23:00)

• San Andreas Fault (3:00)

• Understanding Earthquakes (3:00)

• Bill Nye; Earthquakes (19:00)

• Measuring Earthquakes (15:00) 6th grade teacher lecture

• Richter Scale (11:00) Khan Academy??

• Earthquake Preparadness (2:11) supplies

• Earthquakes from Prentice Hall Science Explorer DVD - Quesada (12:00)

• Measuring Earthquakes (2:56) chzy

• Japans 9.0 Earthquake and Tsunami; How it happened (46:00) ?scy?

• San Andreas Fault (44:00) ? history channel scy?

• Intro to Earthquakes (3:56) NO, too sry

Volcanoes:

• Intro to Volcanoes; no narration (3:35)

• Volcano 101 (3:05)

• What is a Volcano Lesson (3:14)

• Meet the Volcanoes - NOVA (2:58)

• How Volcanoes form (4:48)

• Formation of Volcanic Island (:40) animation

• Yellowstone NP; caldera (44:00) good

• Volcanoe and Earthquakes; inside a volcano (1: 30 hr)

• Bill Nye; Volcanoes (23:00)

• Hawaiian Island Formation Khan Academy(8:00)

• Hawaiian Volcanoes 101 (16:00)

• Formation of Hawaii (5:26)

• 5 reasons to live near a volcano (6:15)

• Dangers and Benefits of living of volcanoes (9:17)

• Pacific Ring of Fire (43:00) good?

• Earth's Volcanoes; Krakatoa; Documentary (44:00) ok

• Most Incredible Volcanoe Expidition ever (10:40) ok

Ecosystems:

• Bill Nye; Biodeverisity (23:00) good

• What is an Ecosystem (2:00) good

• What is an Ecosystem 2 (3:53) ok

• Giraffe; Naturel Selection (2:28) good

• Animal Camouflage (8:00) good 

• 10 Amazing Animal Disguieses (10:18) good

• How biotic and abiotic factors effect ecosystems (5:30) ok

• Ecosystems (14:04) ok, - bozeman -alittle high

• How Ecosystems work (3:23) ok

• Ecology (15:00) ok

• How to make a Terrarium (4:10) ok

• Life in Biosphere 2 (15:53) ok, maybe just 6 minutes or so.

• What is Natural Selection (9:18) good, but too high

• Natural Selection -bozeman (10:15) too high

• Making of the Fittest; Natual Selection (mice) (8:59) - ok