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Discovery EducationAccessing Discovery Education
Streaming Videos
www.discoveryeducation.com Discovery Education is a comprehensive
resource site that includes educational videos that align with the curriculum and state standards
Memberships to the site have been purchased by MCPS.◦ Talk to your Media Specialist to get your username and
password set up if you have not already done so. It used to be called United Streaming.
◦ You can still use www.unitedstreaming.com to access the site.
What is Discovery Education
Your Home Page on Discovery EducationTake the time to explore all of the features of
this site.
Click to Visit the video library
Ways to Search◦ Use the search tool to find videos by keyword◦ Search by curriculum standards◦ Use the Advanced search◦ Use the Subject/Grade search
Materials◦ Many of the videos come with additional materials that can be printed out
and used with your students. Organize
◦ The My Content section allows you to organize videos in folders for easy retrieval later.
◦ School Content and District Content sections allow you to share videos with other educators.
Download◦ You can down load videos to the school server for faster playback.◦ You can also burn videos on to DVD to use in a viewing center (instead of
a listening center) for your students.
Using Discovery Education Videos
Basic Search
To use the search tool, type in a keyword (such as “seeds”) and click on the search button.
You can narrow your search by
media type and/or grade
level or continue with a basic search.Narrow down
results by subject, grade,
media type, video details,
available materials, and media packs.
Continue narrowing the results until
you find the videos you need.
Move the cursor over a
video selection to
see a summary and
a preview. Select a video by clicking
anywhere in box.
Video Segments
Click for full screen
Search by Curriculum Standards
To find a video or video segment that covers a
specific curriculum
standard, choose this option.
The curriculum standards are
not yet available for K-8 science.
But they are available for
reading/language arts, and social
studies
Advanced SearchIn the “Find Results Matching” category, you have the choice of a Boolean Query. This is “a query using one or more of the Boolean
operators AND, OR, and NOT. For example, a search for all species of snakes which live in North America OR South America, do NOT live in Africa, AND are poisonous.” http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/definition.html?lookup=1639
The Advanced Search feature allows you to narrow down your results
quickly.
Fill in as few or as many
fields as you want. The more fields you fill in the narrower
your search will be.
You can select a video from the results or
continue narrowing down your
choices using the side bar.
Subject/Grade Search
When you’re not sure what you want a video on, use the Subject/Grade
Search feature.
Start with either
subject or grade.
When you select a subject, you will be given topics within
that subject to choose from. The
number in parentheses shows how many selection are available in that
topic.
With each choice you make, you will be given another set of subtopics to narrow down
your search.
Each time you select a subtopic your results will
be further narrowed down. You may choose to browse the
videos using the page buttons or
continue to narrow the
search.
At the lowest subtopic, you will
still be able to narrow your
search by grade, media type, video details, available
materials, and media packs.
Materials
Once you have begun your search, you can
narrow your results by the materials that are available for a video.
Many videos have Blacklined Masters, Teachers Guides, or
both.The video summary will also tell you if there are Blackline
Masters or Teachers Guides available for the video.
Once you have selected a video, you will find the
available materials under the Related Materials tab.
Blackline Masters include quizzes, worksheets, and
evaluation questions.
Teacher’s Guides often include key vocabulary,
discussion questions, and related internet
resources.
Organize – My Content
The “My Content” section allows you to
save and organize videos for easy retrieval later.
One way to add a video to “My Content” is through the video summary.
You can add the video to
the general
“My Content” folder or
add a folder to organize
your videos by content.
You can also add a video to “My Content” once you have
selected it.In the “My Content” section, you can create
folders to organize your videos.
To create a folder select a subject and grade. Enter a name for your folder and
click the “Add Folder” button.Once you have created a folder you can
move videos into it.
Organize – School and District Content
Adding videos to the “School Content” and “District Content” sections allows
you to share the videos you have found useful with your colleagues.
You can choose an existing folder or create a new one in “School Content” and “District
Content” to add videos to. Creating folders in these two sections is identical to creating
folders in “My Content.”
In “My Content” choose the video you want to share and
select share.
Here you are given the choice of
sharing with the School and/or the District.
Choose the folders you
wish to share with or
create new ones. Click the “Save”
button when you finish.
DownloadMany school Media Specialists request that staff download videos to the school server for latter use. This is
because streaming videos slows down the school network. Videos can be downloaded to the school’s server and can be burned to DVD. If you have difficulty with downloading videos, your Media Specialist is your best
resource.
Once you have selected a video, you can download it.
To download the entire video, click on the
download icon for the entire video (top bar in blue). If
you only want to download a segment of the video, select the icon for that segment. Follow your computer’s prompts to
download the video.
Most teacher computers do not have DVD burners
installed. To burn a video onto DVD, ask your Media Specialist. Since you can
also access Discovery Streaming on your home
computer using your regular login, you can burn DVD’s on a home computer that is equipped with a DVD
burner.
The Magic School Bus: Gets Planted The Magic School Bus: All Dried Up The Magic School Bus: Goes to Seed Plant Life Cycles TLC Elementary School: All About Plants The Importance of Plants How Plants Grow Real World Science: Seeds and Plants TEAMS: Fast Plants: Pollination
◦ This is a very long video – use it one or a couple of sections at a time. TEAMS: Fast Plants: Planting Fast Plants
◦ This is a very long video – use it one or a couple of sections at a time. A First Look: Plants How They Live: Bees The Magic School Bus: In a Beehive The Magic School Bus: In the Rain Forest Debbie Greenthumb: How Plants Grow
Recommended Videos
The recommended videos can all be located in the District Content in a folder titled “Plant Growth and Development.”
Recommended Videos