Why do you need to wear a bicycle helmet

Why do you need to wear a bicycle helmet?

Physics, math, an egg, a slant board, a tiny go-cart, and a life lesson.

Teaching doesn’t get better or more exciting than this …

Join master teacher Mike Rettberg, 2010 Excellence in Teaching Award Winner, as he uses a raw egg, a wheeled cart, and a ramp to educate and demonstrate laws of motion and force. See students as they enjoy science and learn to live longer – by understanding the “why” behind the bike helmet.

produced by Luna Productions
for
Teaching Channel

edit version 5
4/18/11
length: 7:30

This is one of over 200 short videos by Luna Productions for Teaching Channel, a Gates Foundation funded web portal for on Excellence in Teaching, grades K-12.

What is the most precious resource that teachers never have enough of?

Time.

The theory of Teaching Channel was that video could provide for teachers top-quality lesson plans in under 5 minutes, ready for use the very next day.

Each video distills the wisdom of a master teacher, teaching a grade/content specific lesson, filmed documentary style in actual classrooms, edited down to 5 minutes with teacher commentary edited in.

The goal?
For other teachers to absorb a practical, useful, and inspiring lesson plan including tips and examples of real world best practicies for making it happen... in less than five minutes.

Why do you need to wear a bicycle helmet?

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