Monday, October 22, 2012

CCSS.Math.Content.1.MD.B.3

 Telling Time

Help your first graders learn to tell time on an analog clock with this funny video.  
Sing along to the nursery rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock 
as the mouse and his friends run up the clock every hour. 
 Look out for the Giant Surprise at the end!

Sunday, October 21, 2012

An Introduction to Gravity

Science 5.2.4.E.4

This video clip was created by Jessica Alldredge for her  2nd grade science class as in introduction to the physical science, gravity.  This fun video uses colorful illustrations and photos to show examples of gravitational pull, falling, floating, and some of science's great discoverers of Gravity such as Galileo and Sir Isaac Newton.  All of the images coincide with the fun School House Rock song Gravity.  This would be a good introduction to a lesson on gravity for a second grade level.

A study on the Passaic River fish and levels of pollutants 

Social Studies Standard: 6.1.4.B.5

This video clip features a news story about scientific testing being conducted on the fish inhabitants of the Passaic River to determine the effects of high pollutants on the fish and the levels of pollutants they are carrying.  This video directly relates to the Social Studies Standards 6.1.4.B.5.  It can be used as an informative lesson to describe how the dumping and polluting into the Passaic River since the beginning of our factories being built along the water has impacted the environment in New Jersey.  This also shows efforts being made by teams to take initiatives in cleaning the Passaic River and determining if it is environmental safe by for the people in New Jersey to use for any purpose.