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Tech Tool 2: Science Hack Website

Here is a site that provides all sorts of videos related to different science topics. Below is a link to it.

[|Science Hack Website]

Science Hack is a video search engine site. At the homepage there is a search bar that you can use to look for many different topics one might teach about in the classroom, such as Seattle earthquakes, or how microwaves work. If a teacher wants to teach a particular subject, such as chemistry or civil engineering, this website also organizes its videos based on science subject. In addition to the more commonly known science subjects, this site also has categories such as psychology, mathematics, computer science, green energy and nature. All the different categories of videos can be found directly below the search bar. The content on here is pretty broad. When I did a search of this site, I watched videos about the 2001 Seattle earthquake and its causes, wolf spiders, how microwaves work, the structural engineering of the worlds longest bridge, and exponential growth. The one issue someone might encounter while using this site is some videos have been removed by the author. However, I noticed far more than less, I was able to view the many different videos I clicked on.

This site can be very useful for making science real and live for students. Instead of relying on textbooks to illustrate concepts this site can be used instead. Also, it can be used as a way to show examples of science in the real world, in places where it actually applies to students lives, such as earthquakes that happen in Seattle. To introduce lessons about certain topics, showing videos from Science Hack can be used as an effective set to generate student interest. Finally, if students are curious about certain topics, they can search for what interests them about science and see illustrative examples of their interests. To conclude, this website is a great resource for teachers to show students short, yet interesting videos about many different scientific topics, which can be used to hopefully increase their interest in science and the topic they are currently covering in class.

Here is an example of some of the movies you can watch about one of their categories, space:



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