Monday, July 8, 2013

Scientific Method: Videos/ songs







Scientific Method Rap Video


3 out of 5 protons.  Super basic rap with a simple beat.  The teachers uses factual information and speaks clearly but is not entertaining at all.  Good pictures in the background of the video.

Scientific Method Song


5 out of 5 protons.  This song is supper catchy and the beat really flows and build throughout the song.  It is an original song with original words.  It is very factual and the same system we use in our middle school classroom.  This video is a must use in your class.


Do-Re-Mi : The Scientific Method


3 out of 5 protons.  Nice work creating the idea.  Good presentation, but the song is literally like 15 seconds and you explain how I could use it in my classroom.  I think I have that covered I will not be using it.  Her method is also extremely long way too  many steps for someone to remember.

The Scientific Method Rap (Two Teachers)


3 out of 5 protons.  This song a nice beat and is a very basic rap.  It will do the job for the basic scientific method more elementary school.  They did a good job putting it together and some funny clips.

Scientific Method Song (The Black Keys)


4 out of 5 protons.  This teacher used a very modern song by the Black Keys.  He did a great job following the scientific method and did a great job and it is very accurate.  The teacher also places the words on the site so the students can follow along, great feature for classroom use.  

Friday, July 5, 2013

Elements: Videos/ Songs for Middle School

They Might Be Giants: "Meet the Elements"


This video gets 4 out of 5 protons.  This video has a great beat and is super catchy.  I believe the students will love this song.  They Might Be Giants seam to have a large following and they created a hit here.  The video is factual at a middle school level.  They have a great animation  behind the song that is also entertaining too.


Tom Lehrer's "The Elements" animated basic

This this video gets 4 out of 5 protons.  The tune is super catchy and the artists get all the elements into the song.  This song is almost about to hit the century mark and its an oldy but a goodie. It is factual and a solid animation behind the music.  Many other copies of the song have better pictures but the silicon image is always somewhat inappropriate, especially for middle school students.   Great work Tom and the person who created the images behind the video.  

The NEW Periodic Table Song (In Order)

This video gets 5 out of 5 protons.  Awesome song that lists all the elements in order to a classic song, OMG.  This video is a must show in every science class.  Great job, my hats off  to the creators of this video.  Great images behind the song and the video also gives the atomic number of every element.

Photosynthesis Videos/ Songs

Photosynthesis Song Cartoon


This is a cute video, 4 protons out of 5.  The words are well written with a ton of easy rhymes.  It is factually correct and it has the basic information you need for middle school science students.  It does not have famous song to parody but it is a good beat.The creator did an excellent job of making this video

Photosynthesis Ke$ha


This is a nice video, 4 protons out of 5.  The words of this song go well with with the beat of Ke$ha song.  It is factually correct.  It is a high school level song.  It has great details of the Calvin cycle.  Students will immediately relate to the Artist.  The creator uses great pictures and words throughout the video.

Photosynthesis Mr. C. Cartoon


Good video, 3 protons out of 5.  Basic song that says the word photosynthesis about 25 times.  It has factual  basic level middle school information. Original music and words created and written by the artist.  It is a good cartoon the artist uses.  

Photosynthesis Let's Get Into This


Awesome beat, this is the real deal 5 protons out of 5.  Such a catchy beat, extremely factual at a high school level.  Original music and beat, expertly written by a great teacher.  The only down part in the song is when the artist show a Zombie during the clips.  The rest of the pictures are great and right on point.