Retro Educational Technology

Vintage education technology. At Time4Learning , we appreciate the history of educational technology & enjoy viewing previous "revolutions" in educational technology. We live at the cutting edge of technology-mediated education and live amidst slide projectors, mimeograph machines, and even an old slate. Did you use these technologies, were they revolutionary? PS. I'm looking for a teacher gradebook typical until around the turn of the century, have one?

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Kinetic Potential Energy Song

Here is a fantastic old song about kinetic and potential energy. Enjoy. It's appropriate for elementary school science class. I think it pretty much teaches the lesson. But of course, teaching the lesson is not enough, students must also learn it. Many teachers enjoy showing examples of potential energy such as:

A rubber band pulled taught and ready to shoot
A chair held over a student's head (NOT RECOMMENDED!!!!)