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As of my last update in September 2021, I can suggest some great novelty videos that are both educational and engaging for students. However, keep in mind that the availability of videos might change over time, so it's always a good idea to preview them before showing them to your students to ensure they are suitable for your classroom. Here are some ideas:

1. **TED-Ed Talks for Kids:** TED-Ed offers a variety of animated educational videos on various subjects, specially designed for young learners. These videos cover topics like science, history, literature, and more.

2. **SciShow Kids:** This YouTube channel presents engaging and informative science videos for kids. They explore curious questions about animals, space, and the natural world.

3. **Crash Course Kids:** A part of the Crash Course series, Crash Course Kids provides fun and fast-paced educational videos on topics such as science, engineering, and history.

4. **Sesame Street:** Classic and timeless, Sesame Street offers a vast collection of educational videos for young learners. These videos cover numbers, letters, social skills, and more.

5. **National Geographic Kids:** The National Geographic Kids YouTube channel features fascinating videos about animals, nature, and cultures around the world.

6. **The Brain Scoop:** Hosted by Emily Graslie, this YouTube channel takes students behind the scenes at natural history museums, exploring interesting specimens and scientific concepts.

7. **Smarter Every Day:** This channel, hosted by Destin Sandlin, presents mind-blowing science experiments and explanations that captivate students' curiosity.

8. **Numberphile:** For math enthusiasts, Numberphile offers intriguing videos about numbers, patterns, and mathematical concepts.

9. **The Slow Mo Guys:** Although not strictly educational, The Slow Mo Guys showcase mesmerizing slow-motion footage of various experiments and phenomena, which can spark curiosity and questions.

10. **BBC Earth Kids:** This YouTube channel from BBC Earth features captivating videos about animals, nature, and the environment, inspiring young minds to appreciate the world around them.

11. **NASA's YouTube Channel:** NASA offers a variety of educational videos, including space exploration, astronomy, and fascinating facts about the universe.

12. **It's Okay to Be Smart:** Hosted by Joe Hanson, this YouTube channel covers a wide range of science-related topics in an entertaining and informative manner.

Remember, while novelty videos can be engaging, they should always complement your lesson objectives and align with the educational content you are covering. Always supervise students while they watch videos and use them as a springboard for further discussions and learning activities.

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The purpose of novelty ideas in the classroom is to enhance the learning experience and engage students in unique and unexpected ways. Novelty ideas refer to innovative and creative approaches to teaching and learning that go beyond traditional methods. By introducing novelty into the classroom, educators aim to achieve several important objectives:

1. **Increased Engagement:** Novelty captures students' attention and curiosity, making the learning process more enjoyable and interesting. When students are engaged, they are more likely to participate actively, which can lead to better retention of information.

2. **Promoting Critical Thinking:** Novelty often requires students to think outside the box and approach problems from different angles. This can foster critical thinking and problem-solving skills as students encounter unfamiliar situations or challenges.

3. **Memory and Recall:** Unusual or unexpected experiences are more likely to be memorable. When students encounter novel ideas, they are more likely to retain and recall the information, which can be beneficial for assessments and long-term learning.

4. **Reducing Boredom:** Traditional teaching methods can sometimes become monotonous for students. Introducing novelty breaks the routine and injects excitement into the learning process, reducing boredom and complacency.

5. **Fostering Creativity:** Exposure to novelty encourages creativity and imagination. Students may be inspired to come up with their own unique ideas and solutions when they see creative approaches being applied in the classroom.

6. **Building Positive Associations:** Novelty can create positive emotional experiences associated with learning, making students more receptive to new information and reinforcing a positive attitude towards education.

7. **Catering to Diverse Learning Styles:** Novelty allows educators to cater to various learning styles and preferences. Different students may respond better to different approaches, so incorporating novelty can help reach a broader range of learners.

8. **Cultivating a Growth Mindset:** When students are exposed to novelty, they may encounter challenges or situations where they are not immediately proficient. This can foster a growth mindset, encouraging them to embrace challenges, learn from mistakes, and persist in their efforts to improve.

It's important to note that while novelty can be beneficial in the classroom, it should be used judiciously and with clear educational objectives in mind. Overusing novelty or incorporating it solely for its own sake may detract from the learning experience and become a distraction. Balance and thoughtful integration of novelty with established teaching practices are essential for its effective use in the classroom.

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Invite a surprise guest to help teacher your lesson

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Invite a surprise guest to help teacher your lesson

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NGSS Phenomena- You can search up images.

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NGSS Phenomena- You can search up images.

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This site is a curated collection of science phenomena for the NGSS, along with phenomenon based learning resources and help for how to use phenomenon to drive student questions in the classroom centered around 3 dimensional teaching and learning.

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"3-Act Tasks" math videos and lessons. Engaging for all students, can be done online.

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"3-Act Tasks" math videos and lessons. Engaging for all students, can be done online.

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Have a caterpillar and watch it turn into a butterfly 

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Have a caterpillar and watch it turn into a butterfly 

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Music and classroom movement benefits: Eases anxiety, blood flow, oxygen to their brain, enhances mood. 

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Music and classroom movement benefits: Eases anxiety, blood flow, oxygen to their brain, enhances mood. 

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Bring a funny hat or accessory to wear during your lesson! 

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Bring a funny hat or accessory to wear during your lesson! 

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Image of the week! This link has hundreds!

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Image of the week! This link has hundreds!

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Why We Love Dice

Dice are compact and powerful mathematical objects that many students have in their own homes and use regularly, but we may not fully appreciate their potential. Dice as we typically see them are cultural artifacts that represent the numbers 1 - 6 in the same structured way, no matter whether the dice came as a classroom manipulative or packed in a board game. The structure of the dots tells us something about the numbers themselves. For example, 4 and 6 are shown as arrays, 2×2 and 2×3, which shows us that they are even and composed of groups of smaller numbers. Have you ever noticed that if you were of overlay the 2 and the 3, they would be the same arrangement used for 5? There is good reason for these arrangements. They aren't just recognizable, supporting students in learning to subitize, or instantly connect small groups of objects with their number. Inscribed in the dice is something about the structure of the numbers they represent, what they are composed of, whether they are prime or composite, even or odd. When students look at dice, we are asking them to attend to and use their structure to understand number and solve problems, a key mathematical practice.

We love dice individually for how they support the development of counting ideas, but when put together, a whole new conceptual landscape opens. Students can develop ideas about composing numbers when they look at collections like the one in the Image of the Week. Students grapple with big questions, such as: How do you join numbers together? What numbers fit together into other friendly numbers like 5 or 10? In what order could you join numbers together to make joining easiest? Students can also think in equal groups when they see multiple dice of the same number, doubling, skip counting, and, later, multiplying. And all if this is long before we even get to probability. Dice have a role (roll!) at every grade level.

To multiplicity, cheers!

Jen Munson and the multiplicity lab group

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Dice are compact and powerful mathematical objects that many students have in their own homes and use regularly, but we may not fully appreciate their potential. Dice as we typically see them are cultural artifacts that represent the numbers 1 - 6 in the same structured way, no matter whether the dice came as a classroom manipulative or packed in a board game.

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Keep novelty in the classroom by changing the location of where you teach a lesson! Don't always teach from the same corner.  Go outside, too!  Will kids get distracted? Yes, but they are already distracted in the classroom. 

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Keep novelty in the classroom by changing the location of where you teach a lesson! Don't always teach from the same corner.  Go outside, too!  Will kids get distracted? Yes, but they are already distracted in the classroom. 