Category: Science

YouTube Channels for Science Teachers

We’re drowning in content. Users upload more than 400 hours of video to YouTube every minute. So how do you find quality educational content that’s up-to-date and appropriate for the classroom? Many of our BirdBrain teachers are keeping up and leveraging YouTube to preview and review new science content. Here you will find teacher-recommended channels that will educate, engage, […]

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Meet BirdBrain Teacher of the Month, Chad LeDune

For many of us, the desire to learn doesn’t stop after school. Chad LeDune is a rockstar science educator who uses his curiosity to make learning more effective and enjoyable not only for his students but classrooms throughout Indiana. For this reason and more, he is our BirdBrain Teacher of the Month this April! Let’s […]

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February Teacher of the Month is Corbin Rice!

Every month, BirdBrain Education goes straight to the head of the class. We chat with teachers in public and private schools to discuss their educational philosophies and how they integrate BirdBrain in their classroom. Meet Corbin Rice, a 6th Grade Science Teacher at Northeast Middle School, who was chosen as our first ever ToM. Congratulations! How’s […]

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NGSS MS-PS2-5

Middle School NGSS PS2-5 Lesson Plans and resources for BirdBrain teachers! NGSS MS-PS2-5: Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact. 1. Educational Innovations Inc. World’s Simplest Motor LP This simple motor Lesson Plan covers NGSS MS.PS2.5 […]

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NGSS MS-PS2-1 – Apply Newton’s Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects.

In the below lesson plan, students apply Newton’s third law to design a moon rover and lander that lands on the moon!  Super simple and teachers can easily print and use the lesson plan worksheets. Link to downloadable lesson plan in google drive: http://bit.ly/NGSS_MS_PS2-1 The first two activities help students to review Newton’s laws and forces acting on […]

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The Scientist’s Guide to Surviving Halloween

If you or anyone you know see a ghostly apparition this haunted holiday, before you run screaming out of the room, consider the following scientific explanations! 1.  Infrasound Um, why is that beaker vibrating all by itself? Why do I keep seeing gray images slip just outside my vision? The answer may be more scientific […]

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