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5 MORE TED Talks for your classroom

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Here are 5 MORE student approved TED talks that I've used in my own classrooms with students from grade 4 - grade 8. Topics include a fun yo-yo demonstration, a fishy talk, flying and dancing robots, and a drumming demo from the best brush player in the world.

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5 TED Talks for your classroom

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5 Student Approved TED Talks for the Elementary and High School Classroom

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TED Talks have been satiating the adult's brain for learning for over 20 years. I agree that a talk on quantum physics may not hold the attention of your grade 6 class, but if you find the right one, a 9 year old can get hooked.

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One way I used them last year was to watch 3 on 'Happiness' and I had my students take as many jot notes as they could. We then debriefed and discussed what we heard. It was very meaningful!

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TED Talks are short talks that are 20 minutes or less. 90% of them are too far beyond the scope of 10 year old, but if you search, you'll find many that are great.

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This one will just blow your mind! Part one is quick multiplication. Part 2 is him working with birthdays (I often skip this part). Part 3 is him working an equation into the billions.

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In a lively show, mathemagician Arthur Benjamin races a team of calculators to figure out 3-digit squares, solves another massive mental equation and guesses a few birthdays. How does he do it? He’ll tell you.

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Divided into 3 songs with a pause in between, it's fun to show them a different kind of music by kids their own age.

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Sleepy Man Banjo Boys: Bluegrass virtuosity from ... New Jersey?

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All under the age of 16, brothers Jonny, Robbie and Tommy Mizzone are from New Jersey, a US state that's better known for the rock of Bruce Springsteen than the bluegrass of Earl Scruggs. Nonetheless, the siblings began performing bluegrass covers, as well as their own compositions, at a young age.

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A long talk that can be blended with art or with an animal unit in Science. They talk about how horses breathe, stand, their ears, and other features that they mimic.

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Handspring Puppet Co.: The genius puppetry behind War Horse

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"Puppets always have to try to be alive," says Adrian Kohler of the Handspring Puppet Company, a gloriously ambitious troupe of human and wooden actors. Beginning with the tale of a hyena's subtle paw, puppeteers Kohler and Basil Jones build to the story of their latest astonishment: the wonderfully life-like Joey, the War Horse, who trots (and gallops) convincingly onto the TED stage.

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A short 4 minutes of awesomeness

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David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a color-shifting cuttlefish, a perfectly camouflaged octopus, and a Times Square's worth of neon light displays from fish who live in the blackest depths of the ocean. This short talk celebrates the pioneering work of ocean explorers like Edith Widder and Roger Hanlon.

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The bio is cool but they need to listen attentively.

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Remember the days you struggled just to make a yo-yo spin, and if you were really fancy, to "walk the dog"? You ain't seen nothin' yet. Japanese yo-yo world champion BLACK tells the inspiring story of finding his life's passion, and gives an awesome performance that will make you want to pull your yo-yo back out of the closet.

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Here are a list of the few we watched together:

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Do PIXELS really affect PERCEPTION? Educators who care about their practice need to consider and examine practices that may better suit their students. This matters for university and college professors, calculus teachers, middle school science teachers, primary math teachers, and kindergarten teachers too!

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All Freebies

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Browse over 10 educational resources created by Teaching Smarter in the official Teachers Pay Teachers store.

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I tweet out a Tech Tip every Tuesday #TStuesdaytechtip