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Grades 0 to 8

View one minute wonders to learn great facts about a variety of science and social studies topics. There were 13 topics at the time of this review. Learn about a Northern Oriole that can eat 17 caterpillars in a minute, music in the 16th century, or vehicles in the world. Videos are entertaining and sure to capture student attention. After viewing videos, click on quizzes to check understanding.
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In the Classroom:
Use these minute-length videos to introduce a topic on your interactive whiteboard or projector. These would also make a great introduction to writing prompts or blog posts. Consider using these as examples for one minute projects for students to demonstrate understanding for any topic or content area (and make accompanying quizzes for their peers to try). Have cooperative learning groups view videos of their choice and add their findings to your class “One Minute Wonder Wiki.” Not comfortable with wikis? Have no wiki worries – check out the Teacher’s First Wiki Walk-Through reviewed here. In lower grades, have students plan and act out their own one minute wonder plays to explain something they have learned or simply share the videos as humorous but accurate portrayals of science topics. American students will need to grow accustomed to the British accents.

Test toob - Test toob

Grades 0 to 12

Teacher's First Edge Review: Join a free community of everyday scientists! Test Toob is an ultimate online lab where videos can be uploaded, viewed, and rated. Browse the site for great ideas, and learn from information on creating great videos. See what other students are doing. "Experiment Ideas" offers great videos for experiments for students or classes to try. Visit "Test Toob 101" to explore student generated videos, peruse a list of experiments, upload or share, and view 5 steps to safety for experiments. Tabs at the top provide easy access to information: "Home," "My Workbench," and "Community." Visit the Community page to view videos and comments. Video categories include Chemistry, Engineering, Life Sciences, Mathematics, and Physics. This site requires Flash. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
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Skills needed: managing and uploading videos, creating and managing logins and passwords, and searching related videos. Create a login easily. Students must have individual accounts (email required). Check your school policies about accessing/sharing student email on school computers. You may want to create your own Gmail account with up to 20 subaccounts for each group of students (by code name or number) within your classes. Here is a blog post that tells how. Clicking on an email verification is required to create an account.

Safety/security: Before posting student-created extra credit or classroom created labs, check your school policies on whether student work may be displayed online and what information is permitted. Then enforce that policy with your students. Only registered users can post video and comments in the Test Toob community (much better than general public sites, since this site has a shared interest in science). Maintain a list of student user names to determine the work of each student.

Possible uses: The easiest use is to use videos already available to share on your projector or link from your class web page, but assign extension or related experiments to reinforce the ideas. Shoot a video, then have students explain the experiment, demonstrate the underlying concept, or add information to check their understanding. If your students are video-savvy, assign a video project from scratch where they must document and explain an experiment or concept. (You will want to prepare a rubric for evaluating this project!) . Create teacher-made videos to share on this free site with students of all ages to illustrate and annotate concepts that are especially challenging or to help visualize the connections between content and the experiment. Shoot video demonstrations and experiments for viewing later.

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