Recommended Website:
TED.com
Ages: 12 and up (The content is presented with adult viewers in mind. However, in my opinion, much of this material is suitable for younger children with parental supervision. Parents, as always, should preview the material to determine suitability of content.)
ClickSchooler Angela Palermo recommended today’s website where you can watch a 9-minute video of the founder of the Tinkering School identify 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do. Allowing kids the freedom to explore instead of overprotecting them, he says, will make them stronger and smarter and actually safer.
Can you guess what the 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do are before you visit the site? I’ll give you a hint – most of what he proposes involves science.
Not only can you watch the video at this site, but after you do, and the synapses are firing, take a look around at the amazing content TED.com has to offer.
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design and it sponsors an annual conference that “brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes). This site makes the best talks and performances from TED available to the public, for free.” There are about 200 talks on video archived at TED with new material continuously added – so bookmark this site to return again and again.
Angela wrote, “My teens boys and I love this site. TED.com has many, many wonderful educational videos to help you think outside the box.”
For example she points to a video in which nanotechnologist Paul Rothemund shows you how to “cast a spell” with DNA!.
She also recommends a lively show with “mathemagician” Arthur Benjamin “who races a team of calculators to figure out 3-digit squares in his head, performs a massive mental calculation, and guesses a few birth days. How does he do it?” Find out how.
This website gets a ClickSchooling Award for Excellence!
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