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Discovery EducationAccessing Discovery Education

Streaming Videos

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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

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Your Home Page on Discovery EducationTake the time to explore all of the features of

this site.

Click to Visit the video library

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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The recommended videos can all be located in the District Content in a folder titled “Plant Growth and Development.”

Recommended Videos