Building Video Literacy: Purpose

This activity developed by EDC's Center for Children and Technology explores what a shot is designed to accomplish to create the overall meaning of a film.

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Acid Mine Drainage Lesson Plans, Grades 6-9

These two physical science/chemistry lesson plans for grades 6-9 are both lab activities. One involves using acid/base indicators to test the acidity or alkalinity of common household chemicals, and the other involves testing how different factors affect the solubility of substances in water.

Lentic Communities

In this interactive students learn about the three types of lentic communities and examples of species that are unique to each.

Acid Mine Drainage Graphic Handouts

This set of four graphic handouts illustrate important concepts from the eight “Acid Mine Drainage” videos: the pH of water, what the term “logarithmic scale” means relative to pH, how raising pH causes metal ions to fall out of solution, and an acid mine drainage remediation system.

Lotic Communities

This interactive provides a way for students to learn about lotic communities and the fish, mollusks, and invertebrates that live in these communities.

1964 Alaska Earthquake

This video adapted from the Valdez Museum & Historical Archive, explores what happened during the Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964 through original footage, first-person accounts, and animations illustrating plate tectonics.

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The 2008 Wall Street Bailout

This video segment adapted from FRONTLINE: "Money, Power and Wall Street" traces the unprecedented decisions made by the U.S. government to intervene in the financial crisis of 2008.

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20-Year Map of Global Rainfall

This visualization from NASA shows global rainfall patterns over a 22-year span. It incorporates data from a combination of remote-sensing and ground-based sources.

3D Space: Illusion or Reality?

This video excerpt from NOVA’s "The Fabric of the Cosmos: What Is Space?" reveals new data about black holes that has led to a new idea about the universe: Instead of everything being a three-dimensional object, it’s possible that everything is actually just a hologram.

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70% Female

This Wide Angle video features the women of Rwanda who have emerged as outspoken leaders and the great strides they have made toward rights and equality.

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Discussion of Electric Circuits

In this video from Teaching Elementary Physical Science, a teacher and her fourth-grade class discuss observations of their experiment with electric circuits.

Firefighter Training

In this video segment from Cyberchase, Harry decides to train as a firefighter and uses line graphs to chart his physical fitness progress.  

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Group Discussion about Soil and Earthworms

In this video segment from Teaching Elementary Life Science, a teacher leads her second-grade students in a group discussion about earthworms and the importance of soil.

Ken

This video segment from Wide Angle features Ken, a third grade student in Japan.

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Making Observations of Leaves

In this video segment from Teaching Elementary Life Science, a teacher asks her first-grade students to record their observations of leaves they’ve collected on a leaf safari.

Making Predictions about Magnets

In this video segment from Teaching Elementary Physical Science, fourth graders predict the effect a nearby electric current will have on a magnetic compass needle.

Making Predictions about Moving Plates

In this video segment from Teaching Earth and Space Science, middle school students work with map data to make predictions about the movement of tectonic plates.

Abel Meeropol, Billie Holiday and A Song Born in Protest

Learn about teacher and author, Abel Meeropol who penned the haunting song of protest, Strange Fruit, in this segment from Independent Lens.

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Abolitionist Leader William Lloyd Garrison

This video adapted from American Experience: “The Abolitionists” profiles William Lloyd Garrison, founder of The Liberator and a leader of the American Anti-Slavery Society, whose position on the slavery question generated strong and often violent resistance to the abolitionist cause.

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Empowerment

This video from Women, War & Peace demonstrates the power of women and suggests that presence of women at peace talks is essential.

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