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5 Minute Science Lesson - A Flock of Birds

What do you see?

What are they doing?

Why do you think they're diving into the water?

17 Apps for Teachers in 2017-18

Start Code

This is more for children ages 8-18, beyond Kindergarten age (unless you have an advanced Kindergartener!). But in my opinion it's a great "jumping off point" for teaching coding. Coding is the future. It affects computer programs, robotics, and more. And it can be taught in both the home and classroom.

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5 Minute Science Lesson - The Voice of the Trees by Bartholomaus Traubeck

The Voice of the Trees by Bartholomaus Traubeck 

video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYLaPVi_I2U

Music is indeed all around us, but I never thought a gorgeous piece of music could be found in a cross-section of a tree trunk.

Artist Bartholomaus Traubeck designed and built a record player that “reads” the texture and color variations of tree rings and interprets them as music. Because every tree has its own configuration of rings, every tree has its own song. By doing this, Traubeck has essentially created the infinite library of records. You must love the time we live in.

If you think Nature would sound like crackling and random noises, think again. This is actually beautiful.

1. What instrument does this sound like?2. What does this music sound like to you?3. If this was from a movie, what kind of movie do you think you would be watching?

Art from a 1975 Soviet children's book, "Home in Orbit"

A Walk Down Memory Lane

5 Minute Science Lesson - Slinky

What is the man doing?
What do you notice is happening?
Why do you think the Slinky collapses into itself before it falls to the ground?

J is for Jellyfish

Sometimes They Only Need to Blob

5 Minute Science Lesson - Bio-luminescence Defense

What do you see?
What is the fish doing?
Why do you think the fish is "spitting" the glob of light?

This is called a "bio-luminescence defense". It means the fish is using the light to temporarily blind or confuse another fish or creature that may be trying to eat it.

School Closings of the Future

Happy Fourth of July!