This was really fun. I enjoyed exploring all the different videos at Blinkx. I decided to focus on finding videos that went along with the second grade science unit: Flying Creatures. I chose the first video, How to Make a Pinecone Feeder, to be used as a resource at a learning center. The video could be uploaded by the students. Then they could follow the steps on the video to make bird houses. Since it is on video, the students could simply replay any part that they were confused with or needed more help with. This would save the classroom teacher from needing to repeat directions to students multiple times. The students could then use the bird feeders to attract birds to a designated area. The class could then observe the birds and become bird watchers! They could also record the numbers and types of birds feeding at the feeder, observations about the birds' behaviors, etc.
The second video would introduce to students a different type of flying creature, the bat. Bats, being mammals, would then be contrasted with birds. The video discusses the characteristics of bats, where they live, what they eat, and how beneficial they are to our ecosystem. It also diffuses some common misconceptions about bats. Reading Stella Luna by Janell Cannon would also help contrast these two types of animals. This video is from Planet Bonehead entitled Bats: Misunderstood Mammals of Flight.
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