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TED-Ed: The Law of Conservation of Mass
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Activity Description
TED-Ed is a free educational Web site with an online library of lessons for teachers and learners. TED-Ed allows you to take any educational video and easily create a customized lesson around the video. You can then distribute the lessons, publicly or privately, and track a student's understanding of the lesson. Once you complete your lesson, TED-Ed will send you information on how to access and monitor student progress.
In this activity, learners watch a short animated video on the conservation of mass. They then take a short quiz and respond online to a class discussion. You will be able to view how many students have started the lesson, which students have engaged with the lesson, and a summary of how they performed on the multiple-choice questions attached.
Preparation
- Register at TED-ed .
- Be sure to take theTED-Ed tour and learn more about TED-ed.
- To make this activity your own so you can see your students responses, you need to search their site for "Conservation of Mass - Todd Ramsey" lesson.
- Select the "Customize this Lesson" button.
- Review each section: Watch, Think, Dig Deeper, and Discuss and make any changes. You can also create additional questions.
- Check your e-mail when you are finished. TED-Ed will send you an e-mail with the link to your activity and instructions on how to check learners' activity and quiz scores.
- Register students on TED-Ed too.
- Place the lesson link on computer desktop or on your class Web site, or send it to students in an e-mail..
- Schedule time in the computer lab or with the computer cart.
Teacher Tips
- Assist students in registering for TED-Ed before the day of the lesson. Because students are pre-registered, when they answer the questions or write answers in the discussion boxes, you will automatically be shown their answers.
- Select Review Student Work link under your lessons page to see their answers.
- To share the lesson with students simply share the Web address (URL).
- It is not necessary to have the app to see the videos. Any browser can play them. Currently (Aug 2015) the app is not getting favorable reviews, but that could change.
- The app listed above is for TED (Talks) Conference which is an online library of free knowledge from some of the world's most inspired thinkers.
More Ways
- TED-Ed lesson can be created by anyone, and involves adding questions, discussion topics, and other supplementary materials to any educational video on YouTube.
- Have students create there own lessons on an assigned topic.
- TED Talks is also a wealth of interesting and inspiring short talks that can be used in class on a variety of topics, or used for professional development..
Program Areas
- ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation
