Creator: Minutephysics | visit site
Grade Range: 6 - 11
View this superb YouTube channel that explains physics ideas in simple terms along with animations. Minute Physics includes many wonderful questions to interest students. Annoying ads come up first, so preload and pause before sharing with a group. If your district blocks YouTube, then they may not be viewable.
In the Classroom
Use this site as an introduction to a physics lesson or new topic. In your blended learning or flipped classroom have students view the video at home using VideoAnt, <a href="/single.cfm?id=14943">reviewed here</a>. With VideoAnt you and your students can write comments and add questions right to the video saving class time for discussion of the questions and comments. Consider encouraging students to create their own video explanations of concepts in Physics to teach others what they have learned. Use a tool such as Biteable, <a href="/single.cfm?id=18155">reviewed here</a>, for the explainer video. Share them using a tool such as SchoolTube, <a href="/single.cfm?id=9437">reviewed here</a>. Gifted students will love these videos. Share this link on your class web page and have students choose a favorite video to explain in detail to the class as a "student teacher."
At Home
If your student is learning about physics, share some of these simple video clips.