Great Review Activities That are Engaging!

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!

I think it is a useful, user-friendly, FREE website that helps supplemental topics in math and science. It can help our digital natives gain more understanding on a topic and even practice independently or with a group. For the performers, several topics offer karaoke as a supplemental component. I wish the site would add Language Arts and Social Studies topics as well.

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.