All Videos Tagged wind (Classroom 2.0) - Classroom 2.0

Yellow Butterfly & Music

2010-09-10T20:42:34.062Z

Watch how the butterfly uses its wings to balance on the flower on a windy day. The music is from an instrumental track (Purdy?) by William Orbit. (The video clip repeats once, but not the music.)

wk_bookintro1280

2009-09-30T13:23:47.036Z

For a limited time HarperAcademic is sponsoring a free e-book giveaway for educators.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is the inspiring true story of William Kamkwamba, a boy growing up in a small village in Malawi, Africa. During a terrible famine seven years ago, then 14-year old William learned from a library book how to build a windmill and harness enough wind energy to power his family's compound. Soon the news of his invention spread and William became known all over the world: he was a TED fellow in 2007 and, the following year, delivered an address at the Economic World Forum.

For more information, including how to obtain a free copy of the e-book, please visit our website: http://harperacademic.blogspot.com/2009/09/boy-who-harnessed-wind-inspiring-true.html

Operation Overview

2009-07-13T19:48:37.457Z

National Geographic's The JASON Project is launching free, downloadable Energy Curriculum for this school year. You can find it at www.jason.org.

This is a video of an overview of the Energy Curriculum. Students work with researchers on the cutting edge of energy science. Be sure to check it…