In this video, students will witness the destructive power of an earthquake and learn about a fascinating phenomenon called liquefaction. This video was captured during the 2011 earthquake in Japan and shows how the earth shifts and grinds the dirt, squeezing the water out and causing the ground to become like quicksand. By watching this video, students will gain a better understanding of the impact earthquakes can have on the environment and how they can cause changes in the ground structure.
When discussing tsunamis it is good to discuss that some tsunamis can reach hundreds of feet high if the conditions are right. In 1958 that is what happened after a landslide generated a 1720 foot tsunami. This video shows a scientist discussing evidence found that Lituya Bay has had other tsunamis this big in the past.
This is an edited version of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. This video does a great job telling the story of the tsunami from the video of those who survived. Make sure you have tissues because there are some sad parts. I edited out any corpses that were videoed as well as any usage of bad language and too close of view of people wearing inappropriate clothing that might get teachers in trouble. I did my best to make this video classroom-friendly.
This is an entertaining newscast that interviews scientists and what they have to say about the movie San Andreas. I show this video in class to demonstrate reality vs Hollywood.
EarthScience.xyz is a website that teaches earth science to students. It is a step by step book containing all the information needed to learn about the Earth. Teachers can have access to all the labs and assignments that are taught at Snowflake High School. There are tons of high-quality graphics, animation, and videos that will make presenting geology, meteorology, oceanography, paleontology and astronomy to students engaging and fun.
Here is a very elementary video worth showing your students in K-2
grade. It is definitely very elementary, but Sesame Street does an
excellent job discussing subtraction. It is quite entertaining.
Here is a rap song about the different shapes and angles. Words that
are discussed are rhombus, right angles, triangles, acute angles,
parallelograms, etc... It features elementary students and is sung at
the elementary grade level.
Try this word problem with your students to see if they can solve the word problem given in this movie, "Little Big League." This video is sure entertaining and mathematically funny.
Levin Intermediate School in New York had a couple of math classes
create a math video as a parody of the Gangnam Style song. The topic
was long division. The toon is pretty catchy. When teachers want to discuss more on long division and demonstrate the process in a unique manner, then this video is going to be great.
Here is a very catchy tune for those students who are trying to learn
about the slope-intercept form "y=mx + b". This video was created by a
teacher and her math students. Trust me when I say that the formula
will stick in their brain after listening to it. The song is sung to
the music of the Village Peoples "YMCA" tune.