Oxygen and Element Buddies on Science Playground

Here is a really fun animation teaching some oxygen facts including chemical and physical properties.  I wish I had videos like this when I was in high school chemistry class!

Oxygen from Christopher Hendryx on Vimeo.


Have you found any good chemistry videos?

FREE Earth/Mars Comparison poster - For Teachers Only


Head on over to the NASA site to complete a simple form and you will be sent a FREE Earth/Mars Comparison poster. You can also download the front (pdf) and back (pdf) of this poster to get a preview of what it will look like.  The back of the poster has some great activities that you can be with your students.

11 Year Old Genius Trains Teachers


 

Adora Svitak is an eleven year old girl who is a teacher, published author and offers professional development. And by no means is Adora cheap. She charges $300 for each teacher attending her workshops and a hefty price tag of $10,000 for her speaking engagements! The 11 year old prodigy reads two books a day, integrates technology into her teaching to teachers and has some wonderful writing workshop ideas. Creativity and imagination is also at the top of her list in the recommendations she gives to the teachers she works with. In the closing of the video (link below), Adora even has some tips to the Obama Administration. Watch Adora's interview on the Fox and Friends morning show.

Adora's Website

Doodle 4 Google Contest

You ever wonder how they create the Google doodle's on the Google search engine? This is a great video explanation by Chief Google Doodler Dennis Hwan who shows us the process he uses to create a Google doodle.



And educators take note, Google is having a Doodle 4 Google student competition. Google is inviting K-12 students to play around with their homepage logo and see what new designs they come up with. This year Google is inviting U.S. students to join in the fun. The theme is "What I Wish for the World." For more information about the contest visit the Doodle 4 Google site.

Be sure to hurry, the Doodle 4 Google competition registration closes at 11:59:59 PM Pacific time on March 17, 2009 and entries are due by 11:59:59 PM Pacific time on March 31, 2009. Here is the Doodle 4 Google registration page.

Watch Doodle 4 Google Awards Ceremony From last year's contest



And here is more info about the Doodle 4 Google Judging and Prizes.

Do you want to see more Google Doodles? Watch this: