SMARTBoard mini-movies

What is a SmartBoard mini-movie?

A SmartBoard mini-movie is a simple (most involve only a click of the mouse), interactive animation that teachers can download and add to their galleries. From there, the movies can be inserted into their SMART Notebook presentations. Each mini-movie is a dynamic Flash file, similar to the same files that are already included in SMART Notebook's resources.

How can mini-movies improve my SMARTBoard activities and lessons?

Use mini-movies to make subjects like geometry and motion come alive. Capture the attention of learners by using animation to teach standards-based concepts. Draw on the movies and click the buttons to give students instant feedback!

 

Alphabet Geometry Mini-Movies
Everything Geometry Mini-Movies
Web-Based Student Activities
Number Properties & Concepts
Multiplication with Circles and Stars
Addition and Subtractions with Dominoes
More Grades K-2

Kinetic & Potential Energy
Properties of Light
Thermal Energy
Forces & Motion
Simple Machines

 


"Thanks for these great resources! I teach third grade and these mini movies are great for explaining concepts to students. I have been looking for ways to be more effective with the smartboard and this will help a lot."

-Linda
California

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Directions for previewing & downloading the SmartBoard mini-movies

Now you can see narrated videos of the directions below. Click here to see the videos.

To preview each mini-movie, simply click on its link (note: each mini-movie is larger than actual size). To download each mini-movie:

    • Using Firefox on a Mac, control-click on the mini-movie link you want and then select SAVE LINK AS...
    • Using Safari on a Mac, control-click on the link and then select DOWNLOAD LINKED FILE AS...
    • Using IE on a Windows machine, right-click and select SAVE TARGET AS...

      Sorry, I have not tried to download a mini-movie using IE on a Mac or Firefox on a Windows machine.

To insert a mini-movie into a SMART Notebook file:

      • Open Notebook and click on the INSERT menu.
      • Select FLASH FILE.
      • Navigate through the window until you find the file you downloaded.
      • Select the file and then click OPEN. Your SMARTBoard mini-movie will appear on the page

A Rotation Advanced

 


The Website

This interactive site is built for the visual learner! It introduces geometry concepts to your students by relating them to something they're all familiar with, letters! All of the mini-movies above can be found on the site. Choose a concept below to go to Alphabet Geometry:

Home | Angles | Parallel Lines | Transformations | Tessellations | Similar Figures | Symmetry




Mini-Movies

 

Everything Geometry mini-movies cover elementary through middle school math standards. You can use these mini-movies to teach:

  • Geometry Basics - lines, line segments, rays, intersections, perpendicular and parallel lines, and transversals
  • Circles - Diameter and radius, circumference, and tangent
  • Area & Perimeter - how does the area of a rectangle change when we change the dimensions (and perimeter stays the same)?
  • Classifying Triangles - Properties of Equilateral and Isosceles
  • Classifying Quadrilaterals - Properties of Squares, Rectangles, and Parallelograms

 

Create your own SmartBoard lessons with free clipart (New!)

Click here for Everything Geometry clipart

Geometry Basics

Circles
Angles
Area & Perimeter -
Triangles

Quadrilaterals

 

web-based student activities

Most of the mini-movies are also included in web-based student activities!

 

Geometry printables, Flash mini-movies, and more built just for teachers and their students at Everything Geometry! Find students activities and worksheets on the following concepts:

The mini-movies below are included in several student activities on number properties (associative, commutatitve, distributive) and number concepts (integers and absolute value):

Basic Algebra
Number Concepts

Number Properties - Try the student activities

Associative with Addition
Associative with Multiplication
Commutative with Addition
Commutative with Multiplication
Distributive Example 1
Distributive Example 2

Integers - Try the student activities

Integers & Their Opposites
Representing Integer Situations
Representing Integer Situations 2
Absolute Value 1
Absolute Value 2

Multiplication with Circles and Stars

Here's a whole new section dedicated to teaching multiplication with a SMARTBoard version of the dice game Circles and Stars. In the classroom version, students roll a die once to determine the number of circles. They draw the circles on paper. They then use a second roll of the die to determine the number of stars to draw inside the circles. Finally, they write a multiplication expression and product based on the circles and stars. In the SMARTBoard version, students come to the board, push the CIRCLES button for the number of circles and then the STARS button for the number of stars.

2 x 1
2 x 2
2 x 3
2 x 4
2 x 5
2 x 6



3 x 1
3 x 2
3 x 3
3 x 4
3 x 5
3 x 6

4 x 1
4 x 2
4 x 3
4 x 4
4 x 5
4 x 6

5 x 1
5 x 2
5 x 3
5 x 4
5 x 5
5 x 6
Addition & Subtraction with Dominoes


Doubles

With these domino doubles, students can write an addition equation horizontally and then click the button to turn the domino vertically and write the equation with one number on top of the other.

1 + 1
2 + 2
3 + 3
4 + 4
5 + 5
6 + 6

 

Make your own domino SmartBoard lessons with domino clipart (New!)

Click here to download domino clipart


Family of Facts

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On the screen your students will see a domino with no dots on one side. Above the domino is a number. Using that number, and the number of dots on the domino, students must figure out the number of dots on the blank side.

1 + 1
2 + 1
2 + 2
2 + 3
2 + 4
2 + 5
2 + 6


3 + 1
3 + 2
3 + 3
3 + 4
3 + 5
3 + 6

4 + 1
4 + 2
4 + 3
4 + 4
4 + 5
4 + 6

5 + 1
5 + 2
5 + 3
5 + 4
5 + 5
5 + 6
6 + 1
6 + 2
6 + 3
6 + 4
6 + 5
6 + 6

 

More Grades K - 2

Recognizing Patterns

AAB Pattern 1
AAB Pattern 2

ABC Pattern
ABBC Pattern
ABBC Pattern 2

Doubles

Doubles w/Apples

2 + 2
3 + 3
4 + 4
5 + 5
6 + 6

Doubles w/ Dominoes

1 + 1
2 + 2
3 + 3
4 + 4
5 + 5
6 + 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Science Mini-Movies

Teaching about Forces

Standard

Identify contact/noncontact forces that affect motion of an object.

Teaching Strategies

  • Identify noncontact forces: Begin by asking students what happens when they throw a baseball in the air. Ask why the ball does not continue forever. Show the mini-movie and talk about how gravity and air resistance affect the flight of the ball.
  • Combine this movie with the spinning baseball mini-movie. The spinning baseball has no labels; teachers can use it to begin to engage students and spur thought.

 

Create your own SmartBoard lessons with free clipart (New!)

Click here for science clipart

 

Energy

Forces & Motion

Kinetic and Potential Energy

Apple Tree (potential to kinetic energy)
Swinging Pendulum
Swinging Pendulum (max. potential and max. kinetic)
Swinging Pendulum (max potential and max kinetic with button)

Properties of Light (NEW!) - Try the student activities

Reflection
Reflection (with angles labeled)
Refraction (fast)
Refraction (slow)

Thermal Energy (NEW!) - Try the student activities

Temperature on a thermometer
Temperature on a thermometer (with button)
Measuring thermal energy
Thermal Energy Flow (Conduction)

Forces - Try the student activities

Wheel (no labels)
Wheel 2 (labels for friction and gravity)
Spinning Baseball
Spinning Baseball (labels for air resistance and gravity)
Magnets (opposites attract)

Motion

Measuring Speed ( wheel goes 2 m/s)
Measuring Speed (wheel goes 4 m/s)

Simple Machines

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