Do you ever use YouTube in the classroom? It's
a great resource, packed with brilliant videos that can be used in
all kinds of creative ways. There's one drawback...it can take AGES
to find the perfect video for your lesson.
Jon Barker from Highams Park Secondary School emailed us to let
us know about their YouTube
channel. Jon says:
"The idea came from the fact that YouTube is full of great
science videos, but it can take a while to find the good, relevant
ones. For teachers searching for that perfect video it can take
hours (meaning you have a video but not the rest of the lesson...).
Various great channels & playlists already exist but nothing
was specifically tailored around the courses we teach so it was
always a case of sifting through the irrelevant stuff."
The Highams Park Science YouTube channel is a fantastic
resource. Whilst the videos all link to the particular courses that
Highams Park teach, many of the videos are applicable to all
secondary science courses across the UK.
Jon has a plea - as he's a physics teacher, many of the videos
on the playlist are physics related. Can you help fill the biology
and chemistry sections of the Highams Park playlists and create a
resource for everyone to share?
Send in your suggestions for relevant videos to planetscience@tinopolis.com. We'll
pass them onto Jon and add them to our YouTube channel, creating a
helpful resource that can be used by anyone.
Here are three other ideas for YouTube channels to get you
started in the new term.
PlanetScienceUK
That's right, we've got our own YouTube channel!
It's a collection of videos for use in the classroom or for
inspiring kids to study STEM subjects. Like Highams Park, we know
we're missing lots of brilliant videos. Can you suggest any that we
should add? We're aiming to build a great collection of videos for
primary and secondary students, as well as their parents and
teachers!
Britain's Dream
Teachers
Whether you loved it or loathed it, Channel 4's Britain's Dream
Teachers did have one positive outcome - their excellent YouTube
channel. Britain's Dream Teachers bring inspirational teaching
out into the world, by sharing skills and lesson ideas on YouTube.
Teachers with a great approach to teaching a tough topic made
videos and shared them on the Dream Teachers YouTube channel.
If you're stuck for ideas on how to teach something
demanding, have a look at Britain's Dream Teachers and see if
there's a video to help you.
There
Might Be Giants
I've got a soft spot for science by song and the album "Here
Comes Science" by There Might Be Giants is great. Whilst not
everything on their YouTube channel
is science based, it's a good place to go for an unusual view of
science.
Share your favourite YouTube videos with us! Email planetscience@tinopolis.com or
tweet @planetscience. We can
put together exciting and useful videos for everyone to use!