Video can enhance classroom instruction by visually demonstrating an abstract science concept, bringing relevance to a lesson on conservation by giving students an opportunity to see the animals and communities that are affected, and bring history and literature to life through dramatic reenactments. Video does not have to dominate your lesson plan; well-chosen segments can be worked into your lessons to supplement and enrich the resources you already have. For example, you may have difficulty finding an effective way to illustrate physics. Click on the link below to see a short segment of video that you might use to illuminate the subject for your students.

View a Sample Video Clip In discussing parallel circuits, this clip presents students with an analogy of bumper-to-bumper traffic on a one-way road. This analogy is used to discuss how the current across separate parallel branches add up to the total current of the circuit. The clip gives students a visual example, and then information to include in their notes. Next, using the same teaching techniques, the clip shows students how voltage is the same across each branch, and finally how the total resistance is less than the resistance of each individual resistor alone.

By addressing the multiple intelligences of the student population through the use of diverse teaching methods, you can more effectively communicate the information you are teaching. Supplementing discussion with relevant video resources uses students' visual-spatial and verbal-linguistic intelligences, thereby increasing the rate of retention.