You have probably all seen the images out there on Google that show how small the Earth is compared to different planets and suns. This is a video that kind of takes you through that picture. It is very well done.
This is an interesting educational video created for the younger students. It is an animation and song that describes the sun and the eight planets. It does skip poor old Pluto, which I refuse to believe he no longer is a planet. The song is slow and easy.
Here is a very well done elementary educational video discussing the importance of soil. The University of New Mexico created it. They use vocabulary that is easy to understand. The video will discusses what is found in soil and how it is important to humans and animals.
Bill Nye demonstrates how small atoms are in this educational film. Your students will find it interesting to see that most of everything is actually empty space and that the nucleus of the atom and it electrons are really spread out.
Tim and Moby do an excellent job in this educational animation, describing the three types of rocks, igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock. The discuss a general description of the rock cycle as well.
In this educational video, Grandpa John does an excellent job explaining voltage, resistance, and current. He uses a series and different types of light bulbs for his demonstration. Very easy to understand.
Scientists go in great into great detail when going through the scientific method to come up with a theory. Elementary students just need the basics as to how the scientific method works. They don't need a thousand steps that I think sometimes teachers make their students learn. It is simple really, observe, hypothesise, experiment, observe your results, and then come up with a conclusion. Sure scientist may have to revise their hypothesis and test again or add a variable to the experiment to see if they get different results, but I think for the elementary student, this video show enough steps to getting them started.
I think I remember seeing this video when I was a kid, but don't worry. It discusses what light is and how we actually only see objects that either emit or reflect light. Even though it looks to be an older video the science is sound.
This video come from a Youtube channel that I subscribe too called "WhatYouOughtToKnow." The presentation isn't very visual, but he does an excellent job bringing comedy to his topics and explanation. In this video he discusses what the Scientific Method is, how it works, and how scientists use it or ought to use it.
Here is a really quick video about 5 things you might not have known about Charles Darwin, the father of evolutionary theory. It doesn't go too much in detail about his life but it does show some aspects of his life that you probably didn't know.
Here is another great video from Epipheo on Youtube who does an outstanding job explaining to younger audiences what things are. In these two videos he does an excellent job visually discussing what "debt" is and ends with what the US debt is all about. Take a look and learn something new with your students.
Grade levels: 4-12
Subjects: Economics and Social Studies
Find out why leap year happens every four years and at the beginning of every century. This video goes through the history and science of why leap year happens and some other cool things that you might not know.