Nottingham Uni have very helpfully put up a load of videos onto Youtube showing the properties of the 118 elements in the periodic table. I’ve had a wee look and they seem OK to a non-scientist (qualified as a geography teacher, sorry) if a little dry - some of the experiments are fun and one of the academics, Martyn Poliakoff has the best hair in the history of hair! A worthy endeavour and they should be applauded for it.
Go here to see their website and Youtube channel…if you can!
But of course, Youtube is probably banned in your school. Certainly our broadband supplier, Yorkshire and Humber Grid for Learning helpfully “protects” children by banning it.
Careful now! Students might learn something!
Couldn’t Youtube be a learning resource, rather than a classroom liability? Teachers could be posting all sorts of stuff on their to help with learning and revision and it’s on students’ home ground as it were.
What would we actually be risking by allowing Youtube into the classroom that isn’t outweighed by the pedagogical benefits?
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