K-5 i-tunes U

I-tunes U is so cool, it gives you great information based on what grade level you pick. I for example went on and looked at three different video casts, "Observed clouds", "Why doesn't the moon fall down?", "Observed Precipitation", and "Solar Eclipse". I found great new ways to explain these subjects to my future students.

The first video cast was "Observing Clouds". On this video they showed how clouds moved and when they moves how they changes shapes. It really makes you want to step back and watch the clouds as they move, and see if you can see anything in the sky. This is a great thing to do with children, it sparks their imagination and gets them thinking. the video cast "Observe Precipitation" was kind of the same thing, but it showed different ways of precipitation. It showed a video of rain, hail , and snow. This would work well for young children, to help them understand when in precipitates, it gives them examples to put with the definition of precipitation.

I came across some really interesting videos, "why doesn't the moon fall down" and "Solar Eclipse". It the video about the moon it was really interesting to find out that in all actuality the moon is constantly falling, but if is falling so fast that it will never his the earth, and that the earth and moon are moving at the exact speed they need and if wither of them change at all it could be fatal. The video " the solar eclipse" was also really cool, i learned that the moon and the earth have to be the exact size and distance they are now in order for use to see a solar eclipse. People plan trips around seeing the solar eclipse, and some people will never see one in their life time.

These videos are just some of the videos on I-tunes U, there are tons more on different subjects, that can be used as great references for teachers.