Assignment+5

Podcasts or Vidcasts

Through iTunesU, I discovered vidcasts from the Cassiopeia Project. The Cassiopeia Project is an effort to make high definition science videos available to anyone who wants them. Their motto is "No Science Teacher Left Behind." There is a short vidcast (most under 2 minutes) for the sun, each of the planets, Pluto, Black Holes, Milky Way, Day on Earth, Year on Earth, Universe, and Really Big Stars. A transcript is also available for each.

Due to the short length of the vidcast, it is appropriate to show these to my students. Each year I teach the solar system to my class. We go through most of these topics. This was the only vidcasts that I could find that the content level was low enough for my second grade students. I especially like how the planet is shown orbiting the sun on its path along with how the moons orbit the planet. I wish they had a separate vidcast for Earth's moon and the Asteroid Belt since we also study these. []

I just have to add this. The following was a 'Comment Review' found on the page: "It's just a bunch of elementary under-two-minute snippets. If you don't already know all of the information presented here then you didn't get past the second grade."-- I thought this was cute since I know my **second grade students** will enjoy them and learn from them.