IMPRESSIVE video of Mo Levee

This is a video from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of the Birds Point Levee being breeched.  It is shown real time, six frames a second, and two frames a second.  It is impressive.

Twister Videos

The Two-Way Blog post Stunning Tornado Videos Capture Storm's Power has lost of good videos of the recent tornadoes. 

Gotta Keep Reading

Next week is Reading Week at my school.  One of our teachers shared this video from Youtube with us. It made me want to dance....and then go read!

Ocoee Middle School - Gotta Keep Reading

BP spill 1 year later

It was a year ago today that the BP oil spill started.  I posted about the 100 days of the BP Spill from Time about a month ago but wanted to repost it today. CNN had a good story posted and several good videos of the spill. ABC news has a good video also.

Chernobyl & Fukushima

CNN World News has a large selection of videos about the Japan tsumami and nuclear disaster. The most recent is 25 years on, in Chernobyl's shadow.  It is worth a watch even if it is not something you can use in your classroom.

Flipped out

I was sad to read this story about the end of the flip camera. I have used one several times and enjoyed it. Will this mean that more schools will let students use smartphones for school?  Will school use the iPad 2 to help fill this void?  I guess only time will tell.  What to see what people are saying check the #flip on Twitter

The Flip Flops: Smartphones Helped To Kill The Little Video Camera

Letter to the President

This is a good 6 min video called Inside the White House: Letter to the President.
 One of the 5th grade teachers at my school showed his kids before sending letters to President Obama earlier this year. The students and I learned a lot from it.

More Wild Animals!

If you liked Ustream check out Smithsonian Wild.  There are lost of video clips from all over the world.  There are some animals that are students will never get to see in real life!

St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day is next Thursday.  Here are some activities that you might be able to use with your students. 

Quiz Your Noodle: St. Patrick's Day - Fun quiz on Discovery Kids!

Ireland: People and Places - More from Discovery Kids.  There are lots of good facts and a video about Ireland. 

SMART Notebook Lessons - This link has 39 St. Patrick's Day themed SMART Notebook Lessons from SMART Exchange. 


Crayola St. Patrick's Day - Some craft and printable activities from Crayola. 


Promethean Lessons - 13 St. Patrick's Day themed lesson from Promethean Planet. 

Tsunami

With the earth quake in Japan that has set off a tsunami waring for the entire west cost of North and South America and Hawaii there may be some students that have questions.  Below are some pages will you explain what a tsunami is.  The pages would also work well for an Earth Science or weather lesson.

FEMA for KIDS - Tsunami

NOAA - Tsunami for Kids - This page has links to several activities including games, coloring pages, and a video.  The video is very good and gives a lot of good information.  I know more about tsunamis after watching it. 

Tsunami - Derby Ridge Elementary Columbia, MO - This page also has several kinks to more information about Tsunamis.

Music In Our Schools Month

March is Music In Our Schools Month.  Below are some some ideas that can be used to include music in any classroom. There are several lesson for writing!

ReadWrightThink MIOS Month Activities - This page has lesson plans, activities, and webpages.

Education World - Education World has lesson plans, activities, and other information about including music in the core classes.

eHow Music Schools 101 - This webpage has several has a lot of information about jobs having to do with music.  There is a video about How To Become A Music Producer.  There is also some simple tips on how to include music in the classroom.

Congratulations it's an iPad 2!

 

Today Steve Jobs gave us the first look at the iPad2. It will join the Apple family on March 11th.  It has two cameras, HD video, and it is two times faster. Check out the Apple iPad2 page. There are lots of videos and photos. If you don't think you want an iPad you will after you watch the iPad2 Video. I know what I want for my birthday!