Why can't some birds fly?

This might be a great brainstorming question for your students before you begin this TED lesson. The lesson plan and discussion questions are here.

Were there really Amazons?

Here’s a quick TED lesson on the Amazons.  I think it would be interesting to

survey your students prior to the video- what (and why) do they think as they do?

Gratitude

While there is always time to be thankful, this time of year seems to make folks more reflective.  You could use this TED-Ed lesson with your students. Enjoy the video!

How to practice better

In this TED-Ed video, the secrets of effective practice are discussed.  While some were apparent to me (i.e., limiting distractions), I was a little surprised to see the study results of visualization (remember in The Music Man, Professor Harold Hill planned to have the band perform by just thinking the music- seems there is some truth in this!).

For a review of the TED-Ed video, please click here.  For the entire TED-Ed lesson, please click here.

More on Frankenstein

Here’s a TED-Ed lesson (complete with video, quiz, and discussion questions) about Mary Shelley's famous work!

Sharks on TED-Ed

Who doesn’t love sharks?  Or are at least a litle curious about them.  Here’s a lesson from TED-Ed that might be of interest to your students.

TED-Ed: The afterlife of an Egyptian

I love the TED-Ed talks- the brief (under 5 minute videos) along with a series of multiple choice questions, additional resources, and then guided discussion questions.  Here’s the lesson on

The Egyptian Book of the Dead: A guidebook for the underworld - I’ve embedded the video below.