I chose to subscrib
e to the podcasts titled The Wacky Wonderful World of Math and Dr. Carlson's Science Theater. I chose the math podcast I did because it had many episodes that related to the topics that I thought I would be involved in for my practicum. It is unfortunate that the podcast has not been updated recently, however I figured that the information has not exactly changed. Some of the episodes I really wanted to focus on were about simplyfing fractions, multiplying fractions, dividing fractions, and any of the ones about fractions and decimals. I thought these would be very helpful since my practicum teacher informed me that they would be mainly focusing on fractions.
e to the podcasts titled The Wacky Wonderful World of Math and Dr. Carlson's Science Theater. I chose the math podcast I did because it had many episodes that related to the topics that I thought I would be involved in for my practicum. It is unfortunate that the podcast has not been updated recently, however I figured that the information has not exactly changed. Some of the episodes I really wanted to focus on were about simplyfing fractions, multiplying fractions, dividing fractions, and any of the ones about fractions and decimals. I thought these would be very helpful since my practicum teacher informed me that they would be mainly focusing on fractions. 
It was very difficult to me to find an elementary science podcast about force and motion for fifth grade. I really wanted to try and stick with what I would be focusing on in my unit. I focused on any of the episodes that involved force and motion, friction, inertia, etc. There was a total of 46 episodes however, I was only about to focus on the ones that went along with my unit.The math videos are very interesting to me. It is a student that is actually doing the videos. Some of the ones I watched he was setting up problems, and doing them as if he was teaching them. They were very simple videos but I enjoyed how he talked through the problems and showed how to do them as if he was teaching it. In the science videos I watched I was happy to see that it was an actual teacher talking about and showing the different aspects of science. I watched some of the videos involving motion and I enjoyed how he was acting through everything and not just talking. He was fully explaining all of the different aspects and explaining how they work and why they work this way. I really enjoyed Dr. Carlson's videos.
*The simplifying fractions website I chose goes through each type of fraction and has step by step instructions on how to simplify that type of fraction. Has great examples too!
*The decimal website is great for students. It has cute videos about decimals and then also has links to instructions on all of the different things you can do with decimals. Extremely helpful!
*The force and motion website is very helpful for teachers. It provides links to many different aspects of force and motion, as well as what the student should be learning.
*The last link is great for students. It has "flashcards" to help studetns with all of the different vocabulary involved with force and motion.
