Video Resource with interactive components

I watched the water cycle and photosynthesis videos and was very impressed at how intricate systems like these were broken down into easily understood ideas. Both started off with a question as to what the system was, reinforcing the idea of inquiry/curiosity paving the way to learning something. I've never heard photosynthesis equated to following a recipe, and all the cooking metaphors worked so smoothly with the processes explained. The graphics were colorful, editing features like zooming in to show detail were effective, and having important vocabulary in capitalized white letters was great visual reinforcement for the information conveyed auditorily. I agree with others that the subjects should expand beyond science and math because the content already here is incredible!

This is a good kick off lesson, wrap up lesson, or review activity. Students can work independently or you can use it as a whole group or small group lesson. Students have always been very engaged as they do the activities and therefore is a great motivation to help them to learn!

The videos/slideshows are short but packed with lots of content. Students are engaged by the characters and their real world math related problems. The Science videos expose students to complex content that they are able to understand quite easily. They also remember the content and refer to the information as they do experiments in class.