We talk a lot about bridges in Physics. Why? Because there is a lot of practical physics that can be learned from the planning and construction of them. This video discusses simple harmonic motion, oscillation, resonance and how these relate to the problems with the Millennium Bridge.
This video from YouTube describes the five components of fitness to elementary school students.
The Brain Bites video series teaches physical education concepts in short video bites! In this bite, how to build a fitness routine is taught using the F.I.T.T. Principle and the Overload Principle.
Use this self-assessment for students to reflect on their ball striking skills.
Use this to guide your students to reflection as they evaluate their feet passing skills.
Lesson Focus: to sustain a high level of cardiovascular activity while scoring on and defending the goal during a modified soccer game.
The Tinikling dance is a popular traditional dance of the Philippine Islands. It is an imitation of the Tinikling bird walking between grass stems, running over tree branches, and dodging bamboo traps set by the rice farmers.
The more we learn about waves, the more we learn about a lot of things in physics. Waves can help explain everything from earthquakes to music. This video explores waves and how they travel.
We learn a lot about our surroundings thanks to sound. In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Dr. Shini goes over some of the basics (and some of the not so basics) of the Physics of Sound.
Music plays a big part in many of our lives. Whether you just like to listen or you enjoy playing an instrument, music is powerful. So what is music? How does it work? This video explores how sound travels in waves.
In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Dr. Shini talks to us about temperature and the ideal gas law. Also, we figure out how much air is in your car.
How do we map out a planet without oceans? There's some tricky, yet fascinating science behind all of it. In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Dr. Shini talks to us about sea level, kinetic theory, and phase changes.
You see it all over the aisles of the grocery store…. “whole grain”, “gluten-free”, “non-GMO”. But how much weight do these health claims really carry?
That was the question my students set out to answer as they began a new project analyzing the health claims made on packaged foods.
Research on the impact of alcohol and the teenage brain is updated almost constantly. Rather than give the students the facts, let them find out for themselves as they dig up the latest details on the risks of underage drinking.
Rather than take the anti-bullying angle, this project has students use a medium of their choice to encourage and support others via positive prevention methods. This resource includes links to videos, articles, and other learning activities.
In this video from PBSLearningMedia, the kids discuss how much they learned on their adventure and their new-found excitement for Alabama history.
In this video from PBSLearningMedia, Dawn and Quin learn that they have to write a report on early Alabama history over the weekend. They then find out that Clarence and Roto may be able to help them.
In this video from PBSLearningMedia, students will be led on a historical adventure. After jumping through the portal into this world, the kids go on an adventure to learn more about Moundville, one of the largest Native American towns ever built.
In this video from PBSLearningMedia, the kids continue their adventure in Old Mobile, a settlement for French colonists in the early 1700s. They view artifacts from these early settlers at the University of South Alabama Archaeology Museum.
In this video from PBSLearningMedia, the kids head to the Tribal Archives of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians to view artifacts and records that show them more about the Creek Indians and their importance in Alabama.
In this video from PBSLearningMedia, the last stop in this adventure is Old Cahawba, where the kids look at archaeological artifacts left by the residents of Alabama’s first state capital.
A poster to help students work through worrying thoughts.
Use this resource in the classroom to help students work through worrying thoughts and problems. The Worry Waterfall encourages students to recognize worries that they can and cannot control. The poster guides them through a step-by-step process of decision making and of taking action.
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In this video from PBSLearningMedia, three young kids venture outside their 2-D animated world to learn about early Alabama history for their upcoming school report. Aided by their hyper-intelligent robotic friend Roto and a magical portal, they visit some of Alabama’s historic sites to learn about Native American societies, early settlers, and the beginning of Alabama’s statehood. With the help of local archaeologists and historians, they just might make it back home in time to get to school and turn in their report!
This video from PBSLearningMedia explains that the Declaration of Independence was the first formal statement by a nation's people asserting their right to choose their own government. The document was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain
In this video from PBSLearningMedia, students learn the Electoral College is the process by which we elect the President of the United States. When a voter casts his/her vote for President, they’re not actually voting for them directly. Instead, they are telling the state which party’s designees should serve as the state’s electors.
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The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Nebraska has a different approach. There are only 2 states that can split votes based on congressional districts (Nebraska has 5 electors). This creates multiple popular vote contests in these states, which could lead to a split electoral vote. In the past two decades, Nebraska has split the vote twice; 2008 and 2020.
In this video from PBSLearningMedia, students learn about the constitution. To protect the rights of the people—the Constitution says it takes three parts of the government to make or change a law or make other important decisions. This separation of powers is the process by which states govern. The state's government is divided into branches, each with separate, independent powers and responsibilities so that the powers of one branch are not in conflict with other branches. They serve as checks and balances to each other.
In this video from PBSLearningMedia, students learn the US Constitution has a Bill of Rights that was created to provide protection for individual freedoms. It starts with the First Amendment. The First Amendment protects five freedoms: speech, religion, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government. Together, these five guaranteed freedoms make the people of the United States of America the freest in the world.
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The First Amendment states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
In this video from PBSLearningMedia, students learn the constitution’s Second Amendment says that individuals do have the right to keep and bear arms, for the purpose of personal defense in the home. "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
More About This ResourceThe Second Amendment was part of the Bill of Rights that was added to the Constitution on December 15, 1791.
In this video from PBSLearningMedia, students learn how a bill becomes a law. It’s tough! First, there is an idea. Someone in Congress writes it up as a bill and introduces it. But, most bills don't stop right there. A Bill becomes a law if the bill has passed in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and has then approved by the President, or if a presidential veto has been overridden, the bill becomes a law and is enforced by the government.
In this video from PBSLearningMedia, students learn the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It declared “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free.” It only applied to states that had seceded from the Union, exempting parts of the Confederacy.
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With the Emancipation Proclamation, the aim of the war changed to include the freeing of slaves in addition to preserving the Union. Although the Proclamation initially freed only the slaves in the rebellious states, by the end of the war the Proclamation had influenced and prepared citizens to advocate and accept abolition for all slaves in both the North and South. The 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States, was passed on December 6th, 1865.
In this video from PBSLearningMedia, students learn once every 10 years, the government sends workers all over the country to knock on our doors for the U.S. Census mandated by Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution. The census provides critical data that lawmakers, business owners, teachers, and many others use to provide daily services, products, and support to local communities. Census data provides billions of dollars in federal funding that goes to hospitals, fire departments, schools, roads, and other essential services.
More About This Resource:The census also determines the number of seats each state will have in the U.S. House of Representatives and is used to draw congressional and state legislative districts
Students can use this tool, from the Surgeon General, to
The health skill, Goal-Setting, empowers students to strive for self-improvement. The Goal-Setting health skill supports students in creating and achieving both short and long-term goals. Students gain confidence in their abilities to set and achieve goals by following clear steps over short periods of time. Students learn to identify areas of growth before creating goals that support their success.
This is a Pledge of Safety and Wisdom: To Abstain from Alcohol
This pledge can be downloaded and signed by students or it can be used as a resource in creating a student-led alcohol abstinence pledge.
