Tool #8

This video is called "Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly" and I found it on the Teachertube website. I originally started looking on Blinkx, but found it hard to narrow it down to educational videos that were suitable for the classroom. So I went to Teachertube instead knowing that most of the videos would be appropriate for students. When I typed in life cycles, this was the first to pop up. In first grade we spend the first nine weeks on life cycles and we do a different one each week. The lifecycle of the butterfly is one that we study, so I know that this will be a valuable tool for my classroom. My students love to watch videos on the activboard because it is like a big screen TV for them. So, if I can find a video clip on a subject, I use them a lot because the kids are always very engaged.

This video is called "Soil is like a Chocolate Chip Cookie!" and I also found this on the Teachertube website. Soil is another science concept that we teach in first grade. I was immediately intrigued by the title of this video because of how they compare it to a cookie. I think that this comparison will not only help the kids understand, but it will catch their attention. Cookies are definitely something that they can relate to, so I think they would be excited to see this video.