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6th-12th Grade
Hello, we're so glad you're here! This page features curated videos and curriculum guides for 6th through 12th grade. Whether you're a homeschool, public or private school educator, we hope that you'll find fun new ways to reach those lightbulb moments and develop lifelong learners.
What's in this video?
"Liquid Sand Hot Tub: fluidized air bed"
by Mark Rober
6-12 grade/ Science; runtime 10:02min
Video Content:
Vocabulary: fluidized bed, force, equilibrium, fluidization, buoyancy force, fluid density, object volume, gravity, pressure gradient
Visual aide: Watch Rober build a model-size fluidized bed and a hot tub version for his nephews
Materials needed and instructions to replicate the build can be found on Rober's dropbox
Additional resources: During the shutdown, Rober has been doing live streams on his channel where he teaches science classes! Here’s a link to the first class, “Why Does Helium Make Your Voice Higher?”
What's in this video?
"Why Are There So Few Women in Computer Science?"
by Origin of Everything
6-8 and 9-12 grades/Tech and History; runtime 7:09min
Good companion for book or movie “Hidden Figures” by Margot Lee Shetterly
Video Content:
Topics/people mentioned:
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Ada Lovelace, first computer programmer
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Charles Babbage
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Analytic Engine of 1842
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Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn and Mary Jackson (on whom Hidden Figures was based)
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Dr. Grace Hopper, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, instrumental programmer in Harvard Mark I computer
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Elsie Schutt, founder (in 1958) of Comm INC, one of the world’s first computer programming companies, staffed entirely by women
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ENIAC computer at University of Pennsylvania
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gender discrimination
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rapid decrease in women programmers around the year 1984
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role models
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women in STEM; people of color in STEM
What's in this video?
"Proper Handwashing! What gets left on your hands when you don't wash them properly"
by Hamilton Health Services
6-8 grade/Health Science; runtime 4:45min
Video Content:
Vocabulary! Culturing, Agar, Bacteria versus Virus, bacteria colony
Visual aide: see bacteria growth with naked eye
Professional Occupation: Medical microbiologist
Health! Proper handwashing techniques with soap and water and with hand sanitizer
Physical Science: What happens in the process of washing, from the friction of washing and drying to the water and soap’s effects
Women in STEM: Dr. Cheryl Main, medical microbiologist featured in interview