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TedEd vidoes and lessons - quizzes and more. Pruney Fingers is an example. AWESOME

"Nanoscience is a rapidly expanding part of fields from medicine to high-tech manufacturing."

"Succeeding with Science is a website built around fun and interactive educational games, activities, and videos to help students learn and love science. The student activities are sorted by age range from 4-7 years up to 16+ and there is also a teachers section. Each activity come with PDF lesson plans and support materials as well. Science teachers at all levels should find this site to be useful way to support their curriculum."

"One of the benefits of using videos on an IWB in Science lessons is for those moments when you want to demonstrate something that is just too dangerous to do in the classroom. This is particularly true when demostrating the reaction of Alkali Metals with water. You can demonstrate small pieces, but it's a little dull. And when the kids ask "go on Sir, throw in a bigger bit" you still can't use too big a bit for obvious safety reasons. Which is why it's good to then turn to a good video to demonstrate the reaction. An old favourite of mine was from the TV show "Brainiac":"

"Derek Muller from YouTube's Veritasium will present a webcast on Wednesday November 27, 2013 at 7pm EST from the Mike Lazaridis Theatre of Ideas at Perimeter Institute.Derek will discuss the question: Do videos really improve student learning? Derek's PhD in physics education research suggests the answer may be no! In this one hour talk, he will share insights from his research as well as the incredible physics phenomena he has captured for his YouTube channel.Derek Muller created the popular YouTube channel Veritasium in January 2011. With almost 1 million subscribers, Derek's 140 videos have received over 45 million views."

Both Juliana and I saw this presentation live at STAO on November 15, 2013. It was definitely interesting and thought provoking!